Twitter says Trump's ban will never be liftedeven if he runs for president again (TWTR)

<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5ff772fcd184b30018aada04-1776/GettyImages-1229161575.jpg" border="0" alt="trump twitter" data-mce-source="Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Twitter CFO Ned Segal confirmed that Donald Trump's ban from the platform is a permanent oneeven if the former president decides to seek public office again.</p><p>In a Wednesday interview with "<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/squawk-box-us/">Squawk Box"</a>'s Becky Quick on CNBC, Segal said that anyone "inciting violence" on Twitter would not be allowed to return.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"The way our policies work, when you're removed from the platform, you're removed from the platform whether you're a commentator, you're a CFO or you are a former or current public official," says <a href="https://twitter.com/search'q=%24TWTR&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$TWTR</a> CFO <a href="https://twitter.com/nedsegal'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nedsegal</a> on if President Trump's account could be restored. <a href="https://t.co/ZZxascb9Rz">pic.twitter.com/ZZxascb9Rz</a></p> Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1359502706776432642'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p></p><p>He continued that Trump "was removed when he was president, and there'd be no difference for anybody who's a public official once they've been removed from the service."</p><p>Segal summed up the policy by saying, "When you're removed from the platform, you're removed from the platform."</p><p>Trump <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspended-president-donald-trumps-account-permanently-2021-1">was removed from the platform</a> on January 8, 2021. The day before, Facebook had done the same. <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1347684877634838528">Twitter determined</a> that Trump's posts during the Capitol riots on January 6 incited violence, a violation of its terms of service.</p><p>Despite deplatforming the former president, Twitter has seen strong earnings this quarter. On Wednesday, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/twitter-stock-price-q4-results-revenue-tops-billion-user-base-2021-2-1030065827">Markets Insider reported</a> that shares of the tech company were up 9%. Twitter's user numbers grew to 192 million, but Markets Insider reported that the 2020 presidential election caused a "small but measurable hit" to user growth, resulting in daily active user numbers falling short of analyst projections.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-twitter-ban-wont-be-lifted-if-runs-president-again-2021-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-most-expensive-liquid-thoroughbred-horse-semen-2020-3">Why thoroughbred horse semen is the world's most expensive liquid</a></p>
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