<p>A high-profile Donald Trump supporter who backed the former president's claims of electoral fraud has been permanently suspended from Twitter, the social media giant said Monday night, the latest in a series of bans of prominent right-wingers and conspiracy theorists.</p>.<p>Photographs this month of Mike Lindell, CEO of the pillow manufacturer My Pillow, appeared to show the 59-year-old businessman carrying documents into the White House suggesting Trump could declare martial law after what he claimed was widespread vote-rigging.</p>.<p>Lindell, known as the "My Pillow Guy," also has political ambitions of his own and is considering a run for governor of Minnesota, Politico reported.</p>.<p>A Twitter spokesperson confirmed Lindell's suspension, and said the action was taken after "repeated violations of our Civic Integrity Policy."</p>.<p>It was unclear what tweets had led to the ban.</p>.<p>The Civic Integrity Policy attempts to moderate misinformation and disinformation on the platform, specifically around elections.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/new-us-strategy-would-free-billions-in-climate-funds-943490.html">Read | New US strategy would free billions in climate funds</a></strong></p>.<p>Lindell's suspension is the latest in a series of high-profile social media bans and lockouts in the wake of a January 6 riot at the US Capitol, in which armed right-wing protesters sought to overturn November's vote.</p>.<p>It follows Trump's own ban on January 8, along with tens of thousands of followers of a conspiracy theory known as QAnon, which claims, without credible evidence, that the former president is engaged in a battle against a global cult of Satan-worshipping paedophiles.</p>.<p>Newly elected Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was also hit with a 12-hour suspension last week.</p>.<p>Greene -- a Trump supporter who has also promoted QAnon -- had tweeted claims of alleged election fraud in her home state Georgia, leading to her most recent suspension.</p>
<p>A high-profile Donald Trump supporter who backed the former president's claims of electoral fraud has been permanently suspended from Twitter, the social media giant said Monday night, the latest in a series of bans of prominent right-wingers and conspiracy theorists.</p>.<p>Photographs this month of Mike Lindell, CEO of the pillow manufacturer My Pillow, appeared to show the 59-year-old businessman carrying documents into the White House suggesting Trump could declare martial law after what he claimed was widespread vote-rigging.</p>.<p>Lindell, known as the "My Pillow Guy," also has political ambitions of his own and is considering a run for governor of Minnesota, Politico reported.</p>.<p>A Twitter spokesperson confirmed Lindell's suspension, and said the action was taken after "repeated violations of our Civic Integrity Policy."</p>.<p>It was unclear what tweets had led to the ban.</p>.<p>The Civic Integrity Policy attempts to moderate misinformation and disinformation on the platform, specifically around elections.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/new-us-strategy-would-free-billions-in-climate-funds-943490.html">Read | New US strategy would free billions in climate funds</a></strong></p>.<p>Lindell's suspension is the latest in a series of high-profile social media bans and lockouts in the wake of a January 6 riot at the US Capitol, in which armed right-wing protesters sought to overturn November's vote.</p>.<p>It follows Trump's own ban on January 8, along with tens of thousands of followers of a conspiracy theory known as QAnon, which claims, without credible evidence, that the former president is engaged in a battle against a global cult of Satan-worshipping paedophiles.</p>.<p>Newly elected Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was also hit with a 12-hour suspension last week.</p>.<p>Greene -- a Trump supporter who has also promoted QAnon -- had tweeted claims of alleged election fraud in her home state Georgia, leading to her most recent suspension.</p>