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.
Photograph: Kind courtesy, Kangana Ranaut on Twitter
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 Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal and
incidents of post-poll 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,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement.
"The referenced
account has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter Rules
specifically our Hateful Conduct policy and Abusive Behaviour policy. We
enforce the Twitter Rules judiciously and impartially for everyone on our
service," the spokesperson added.
Reacting to
the development, Kangana said, "Twitter has only proved my point they're
Americans and by birth, a white person feels entitled to enslave a brown
person, they want to tell you what to think, speak or do. I have many platforms
I can use to raise my voice, including my own art in the form of cinema."
"But my heart goes out
to the people of this nation who have been tortured, enslaved, and censored for
thousands of years, and still, there is no end to the suffering," Kangana
added.
According to Twitter's
Abusive Behaviour policy, "one may not engage in the targeted harassment
of someone, or incite other people to do so or attempt to harass, intimidate,
or silence someone else's voice".
When an account is
suspended permanently, the account holder is notified about the rules they have
violated, the social media platform said citing the policy.
On Monday, writer-lyricist
Hussain Haidry had shared two tweets of the actor and urged people to report
the account.
“If you are a blue tick
account or with large following, I am not asking you to speak up against this.
But please just quietly REPORT these two tweets. This is calling for mass
violence. And directing it at Muslims,” he wrote.
Many social media users
have called Ranaut out for spreading hatred.
The actor also
posted a video on Instagram where she termed the silence of the liberal
international media on Bengal violence their "conspiracy against
India". 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.