Twitter bans former KKK leader David Duke for violating rules on hateful conduct

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Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been “permanently suspended” from Twitter because of repeated violations of the company’s rules against hate speech.

Although it isn’t clear if one specific tweet by the 70-year-old white supremacist triggered his suspension, a spokesperson for the social media giant told the Washington Examiner that Duke’s account was “permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.”

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