Kangana permanently removed from Twitter over West Bengal post
Twitter has permanently suspended actor Kangana Ranaut's account for repeated violations of rules, specifically its "Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behaviour policy”, the microblogging site said in a statement on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old actor's handle @Kanganateam now displays the message: account suspended.
Ranaut, known for her often inflammatory tweets, posted several messages following the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' win over the BJP in West Bengal and incidents of postpoll violence. Calling for President's Rule in the state, she also blamed Banerjee for the violence and called her unpublishable names.
“We've been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm. The referenced account has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter Rules specifically our Hateful Conduct policy and Abusive Behaviour policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that the company enforces the Twitter Rules judiciously and impartially for everyone on its platform.
When Twitter enforces such actions like permanently suspending an account, it notifies people that they have been suspended for abuse violations, and explains which policy or policies they have violated and which content was in violation.
On Monday, writer-lyricist Hussain Haidry had shared two tweets of the actor and urged people to report the account.
Ranaut is also active on Facebook. Last year, Ranaut's sister Rangoli's account was suspended on the microblogging website. The actor became active on Twitter after that.