Katie Hopkins is an English 'media' person who has built a brand based largely on racism, classism and hate. She was The Apprentice on 2007, and also wrote for The Sun and the Daily Mail. Oh, and she was on Celebrity Big Brother. Her social media accounts have been filled with repugnant and vile views, vitriolic rants, and memes about social class, race, migrants and obesity. She has been involved in libel lawsuits based on her statements and writing, and actually had to pay settlements to victims.
Right-wing Katie Hopkins ' last vile tweet is now the reason the controversial former LBC host has been booted off Twitter for good. The 44-year-old is famous spouting hate and dishing out. Far-right British commentator and former newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins has been permanently suspended from Twitter, the social media giant has said.Ms Ho.
She is, unsurprisingly, a Donald Trump supporter, and loved his Muslim Ban. Donald Trump appreciated her support and thanked her, calling her a 'respected journalist' (snark).
Twitter has suspended Hopkins in the past, but only for limited periods of time. It is unclear what led to the permanent ban.
Twitter's statement was pretty boilerplate:
'Keeping Twitter safe is a top priority for us - abuse and hateful conduct have no place on our service and we will continue to take action when our rules are broken. In this case, the account has been permanently suspended for violations of our Hateful Conduct policy.'
Twitter was very excited:
Katie Hopkins, despicable racist and all-around terrible human, has been permanently banned from Twitter.
One of her last tweets: complaining about food-insecure children being fed during a pandemic.
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— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 19, 2020
In celebration of Katie Hopkins being suspended, I wanted to share this gem again pic.twitter.com/WUnqxNuJ3J
— b (@notallbhas) June 19, 2020
The Twitter employee who got to press 'delete' on Katie Hopkins' account. pic.twitter.com/ntRmEzNxOg
— Munya Chawawa (@munyachawawa) June 19, 2020
Love to see horrible racist Katie Hopkins get deplatformed. https://t.co/JFRbeWPEbPhttps://t.co/z7RbVDerU5
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— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) June 19, 2020
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The President of the USA praised Katie Hopkins, quote tweeted her and RTed her.
She has now been permanently banned for 'violations of our hateful conduct policy'
This is the leader of the USA in 2020. pic.twitter.com/QvcgICAKmS
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Trump has retweeted Katie Hopkins countless times despite knowing she is a hatemonger who called for a 'final solution' on Muslims, referred to migrants as 'cockroaches' and promoted anti semitic conspiracies. Ask yourself why? https://t.co/IGKE7R1ZKT
— Wajahat 'Social Distance Yourself' Ali (@WajahatAli) June 19, 2020
Perfect:
Katie Hopkins has been removed and banned from Twitter! pic.twitter.com/5vMbcWEa06
— POP CULTURE ENTHUSIAST (@northernlawd) June 19, 2020
Far right instigator Katie Hopkins is permanently banned from Twitter for violating the company's hateful conduct policy.
Hopkins, who has been retweeted by Donald Trump several times, is known for her extreme views on immigration and other social issues. She once referred to refugees fleeing war as 'cockroaches.' In 2017, Hopkins was fired from a radio show for calling for a 'final solution' for Muslims living in the United Kingdom after a terrorist attack in Manchester.
She was temporarily suspended in January. Twitter affirmed that as of Friday, she was banned from the platform permanently in a statement to CNN.
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'Keeping Twitter safe is a top priority for us — abuse and hateful conduct have no place on our service and we will continue to take down action when our Rules are broken,' Twitter stated. 'In this case, the account has been permanently suspended for violations of our Hateful Conduct policy.'
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While the company wouldn't share the exact tweets that resulted in Hopkins' ban, its Hateful Conduct policy states that users 'may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.'
Hopkins had roughly a million followers before her ban, BBC reports.