--- title: "Twitter Censors Trump Tweet “Due to Risk of Violence”" description: "Twitter flagged a video of Donald Trump uploaded following today's storming of the Capitol building \"due to a risk of violence.\"" date: "2021-01-06" modified: "2021-01-06" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-censors-trump-risk-violence" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "donald trump" - "the digest" - "trump" - "twitter" --- # Twitter Censors Trump Tweet “Due to Risk of Violence” ![]() *\Image: Tag Hartman-Simkins\* ## Trump's Coup Hundreds of Trump supporters [stormed the Capitol building]() in Washington, DC today, breaking windows and stealing property. Egging them on, as recently as earlier today, has been President Donald Trump himself, who has refused to concede the election even in the face of overwhelming evidence that he lost to challenger Joe Biden. "Our country has had enough." Trump [told a crowd]() today. "We will not take it anymore." He also vowed to "never concede." ## Never Concede After issuing several weak statements, the president [uploaded a video]() of a short and characteristically rambling statement to his Twitter account. Unsurprisingly, in the video Trump doubled down on his claims that it was a rigged election. "I know your pain, I know you're hurt," Trump told the rioters. "So go home, we love you, you are very special... We have to have peace, we have to have law and order." ## Risk of Violence Twitter promptly flagged the video "due to a risk of violence." As a resulted, the video can no longer be replied to, retweeted, or liked. It's a surprising move, considering that the social media platform has only flagged Trump's misleading claims about election fraud as being "[disputed]()" following president-elect Joe Biden's win late last year. Countless Twitter users [have since called]() for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to remove Trump's account entirely. "Let me say in no uncertain terms \[Jack\]," [wrote *New York Times* reporter Kara Swisher]() in a tweet, "if you do not suspend Donald Trump's Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you." **More on Trump and Twitter:** *[Hacker Says He Got Into Trump's Twitter Account]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()