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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell banned from Twitter, again

- By Michelle Chapman

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter for a second time after attempting to use a new account to access the social media platform.

Lindell set up a new ac- count Sunday on Twitter under @ MikeJLinde­ll. The account was quickly suspended.

Twitter said Monday that Lindell’s new account was permanentl­y suspended for violating its rules on ban evasion.

Lindell’s original Twitter account was permanentl­y banned in January 2021 after Lindell continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidenti­al election. At the time Twitter said that it decided to ban Lindell due to “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy.

Lindell, a Trump supporter, has continued to insist that the presidenti­al election was rigged even after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administra­tion had begun.

Trump has also had his account permanentl­y suspended by Twitter. The former president posted on Truth Social, his own platform, on Thursday. He had not made any appearance on the platform, save for one quick post before the platform was opened to the public in late February. He has said that he has no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account is reinstated following Elon Musk’s agreement to buy the social media giant for roughly $44 billion.

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