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Lindell was banned from Twitter in 2021 for election misinformation, but rejoined the platform on Sunday.
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The account was quickly blocked for violating Twitter’s block evasion policy.
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“Jack Dorsey should be first in line for prison!” Lindell told Insider via text message.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter on Sunday hours after returning to the platform.
Lindell, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, was banned from Twitter in January 2021 for spreading misinformation about the 2020 election.
On Sunday afternoon, he posted on a new account announcing his comeback.
“Hey everyone, I’M BACK ON TWITTER. My only account is @MikeJLindell! Please RT and FOLLOW to SPREAD THE WORD,” Lindell said in a tweet. Insider’s Bethany Biron informed.
The tweet also included a video of Lindell confirming that the account was his.
“All those other ones are fake accounts and they’ve been using my name, so we started this account,” he said. “Please share with everyone you know, tell everyone you know, so we can spread the word on Twitter in case you get removed. Thank you so much for helping.”
About three and a half hours later, the the account was suspended.
A Twitter spokesperson told Insider that the account was permanently suspended for violating the platform’s rules on ban evasion.
from twitter ban evasion policy prohibits anyone from attempting to circumvent a prior ban, including by creating a new account.
Lindell was initially banned from Twitter for violating the platform’s rules on disinformation and its civic integrity policythat prohibits the sharing of false or misleading information about how to vote or election results.
Lindell told Insider Twitter that he didn’t give a reason for the latest ban, but called it a “shame.”
“We need to melt down the voting machines and turn them into prison bars,” Lindell said, referring to his own efforts to block the use of voting machines in US elections. “Jack Dorsey should be first in line for prison!”
co-founder of Twitter Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO in November. Dorsey is still on Twitter’s board, but has said he plans to leave when his term expires at the end of May.
Lindell also said that he decided to rejoin Twitter because others were creating fake accounts posing as him.
“I put the Twitter account up today to let the public know that none of the fake Mike Lindell Twitter accounts are mine,” Lindell said, adding that he is still on his own social media platform. frank social.
His attempt to rejoin the platform came after Twitter announced Monday that Elon Musk I was buying the platform in a $44 billion deal.
The Tesla and SpaceX billionaire has said he is interested in promoting “free speech” on the platform, prompting speculation about possible changes to Twitter’s content moderation policies and previous bans.
Sources recently told The Wall Street Journal that Musk is dismayed that Trump is still banned Twitter, but the former president has previously said he does not plan to return to the platform even if Musk takes over.
“I hope Elon buys Twitter because he will make it better and he is a good man, but I will stay with the TRUTH,” Trump. he told Fox Newsreferring to his own social media platform. social truth.
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