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Twitter suspends Steve Bannon account for advocating violence against Anthony Fauci

ASSOCIATED PRESS / AUG. 20
                                Twitter Inc. suspended an account of President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon after he advocated violence against U.S. officials on Thursday. Bannon is seen here outside federal court in New York in August after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme.

ASSOCIATED PRESS / AUG. 20

Twitter Inc. suspended an account of President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon after he advocated violence against U.S. officials on Thursday. Bannon is seen here outside federal court in New York in August after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme.

Twitter Inc. suspended an account of President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon and Google’s YouTube removed one of his videos after he advocated violence against two U.S. officials.

Bannon, in an episode of his online show “War Room Pandemic,” on Thursday called for the heads of Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to be mounted on pikes at the White House.

Bannon’s @warroompandemic was no longer available on Twitter, which said it suspends accounts that violate the media company’s rules. Google’s YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc., removed the offending video and said it’s suspending his account for “at least a week.”

“We’ve removed this video for violating our policy against inciting violence,” said Alex Joseph, a YouTube spokesperson. “We will continue to be vigilant as we enforce our policies in the post-election period.” A Twitter representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

On the episode, Bannon called for a public firing of Fauci and Wray. “I actually want to go a step farther,” he went on to say. “I’d put the heads on pikes …. as a warning to federal bureaucrats.”

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