//Former KKK leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter

Former KKK leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter

Twitter permanently banned the account of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke on Thursday night, after multiple violations of the company’s hateful conduct policy.The company’s policy forbids accounts that “promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people” on the basis of personal characteristics. Duke, who was the leader of a KKK offshoot from 1974 to 1978, has been routinely condemned for racism,