Politics & Government

Twitter Suspends MyPillow Inc.'s Account

The move comes a week after MyPillow's founder, Mike Lindell, was permanently suspended from Twitter.

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell waits outside the West Wing of the White House on Jan. 15.
MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell waits outside the West Wing of the White House on Jan. 15. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

MINNESOTA — Twitter suspended the account of Minnesota-based MyPillow Inc. Monday. The move came a week after the social media platform permanently suspended the personal Twitter account of MyPillow founder Mike Lindell.

Lindell has spread baseless conspiracy theories about voter fraud in the presidential election and falsely said Donald Trump won a second term in office. Twitter suspended Lindell's personal account last week because of what it called "repeated violations" of Twitter's "civic integrity policy," the social media company told Politico.

MyPillow's company account tweeted Monday, "Jack Dorsey is trying to cancel me (Mike Lindell) out! We are extremely busy and hiring as fast as we can to handle all the shipping! Jack will be found out and should be put in prison when all is revealed!" the Star Tribune reported.

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MyPillow also tweeted at Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive officer, "I know you are tied into the election fraud! You are so afraid of being found out! So many are looking forward to you being brought to justice!"

Twitter's ban evasion policy said that accounts "can’t circumvent permanent suspensions. If an account has been permanently suspended for severe violations of the Twitter Rules, Twitter reserves the right to also permanently suspend any other account we believe the same account holder or entity may be operating in violation of our earlier suspension, regardless of when the other account was created."

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MyPillow's ban from Twitter is the latest in a series of corporate setbacks for Lindell, who lost several significant business partners in January and faces a potential lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems over misinformation he has spread.

Lindell was at the White House during the final weekend of Trump's presidency. A photo of his notes captured by The Washington Post suggested he discussed the idea of declaring "martial law if necessary" with Trump.

Lindell is considering a run for governor of Minnesota.

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