Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft has been permanently banned from Twitter after posting false election fraud claims to the site.
Conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root's account was also suspended Sunday after both men were accused of 'violating Twitter's civic integrity policy'.
Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, Twitter has banned over 70,000 accounts for sharing misinformation. Donald Trump, who had urged on the mob, has also had his account permanently suspended.
It was not immediately clear which exact posts by Hoft and Root triggered the suspensions. A Twitter spokesperson told DailyMail.com: 'The accounts were permanently suspended for repeated violations of our civic integrity policy.'
Hoft, the founder and editor-in-chief of far-right news website Gateway Pundit, had posted claims that ballots cast for Joe Biden were illegal, an archived version of his account shows.
He had also written about a video Gateway Pundit said showed a delivery of absentee ballots in Detroit after the deadline to receive votes had passed; this clip was quashed by other media outlets.
On February 6 Hoft also appears to have tweeted: 'Just an FYI - The fake news media and others challenged our TCF Center video report from Friday. That was a bad move. We have much more coming!'
In a statement on Saturday Gateway Pundit doubled down on the claims, writing: 'We have much more on this incident to report on in the coming days.'
An archived version of his page shows Root had been tweeting about Kamala Harris and Hunter Biden shortly before his suspension.
Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft, pictured, has been permanently banned from Twitter after posting false election fraud claims to the site
Conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root's account was also suspended Sunday after both men were accused of 'violating Twitter's civic integrity policy'
On February 6 Hoft appears to have tweeted: 'Just an FYI - The fake news media and others challenged our TCF Center video report from Friday. That was a bad move. We have much more coming!'
On the day of Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20 Gateway Pundit still reported the election had been 'stolen' from Trump. Hoft was pictured in DC on the day of the Capitol siege.
Twitter civic integrity policy states: 'You may not use Twitter's services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes.'
An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has already filed a defamation lawsuit against Gateway Pundit.
Eric Coomer's lawsuit, filed December 22 in district court in Denver County, Colorado, names it along with the Trump campaign, lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, Colorado conservative activist Joseph Oltmann, and outlets Newsmax and One America News Network.
Of his ban Root told Fox News : 'I am in shock. It appears to be a permanent ban. Although I don't know. Twitter never warned me...and never sent any communication saying I've been suspended or banned'
A Twitter spokesperson told DailyMail.com: 'The accounts were permanently suspended for repeated violations of our civic integrity policy'
Of his ban Root told Fox News: 'I am in shock. It appears to be a permanent ban. Although I don't know. Twitter never warned me...and never sent any communication saying I've been suspended or banned.
'I simply tried to tweet yesterday afternoon and could not. But unlike a previous suspension...my followers suddenly said 0.'
He said he face a temporary ban after saying COVID-19 lockdowns 'don't work'. Root added: 'That got me a 7 day suspension for 'misleading medical advice'.
'We made Jack Dorsey one of the richest men on earth. He got an army of worker bees to spend thousands of hours for free making him rich. And what’s my reward?
'No more free speech. In America. My opinions are banned. My opinions are forbidden.'
Hoft, the founder and editor-in-chief of far-right news website Gateway Pundit, had posted claims that ballots cast for Joe Biden were illegal, an archived version of his account shows
An archived version of his page shows Root had been tweeting about Kamala Harris and Hunter Biden shortly before his suspension. He said he face a temporary ban after saying COVID-19 lockdowns 'don't work'. Root added: 'That got me a 7 day suspension for 'misleading medical advice'
Twitter permanently banned then-President Donald Trump for inciting violence over the Capitol siege.
Last month it also permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Twitter decided to ban Lindell, who founded bedding company My Pillow, due to 'repeated violations' of its civic integrity policy, a spokesperson said in a statement.
The policy was implemented last September and is targeted at fighting disinformation.
Lindell, a Trump supporter, has continued to insist that the presidential election was rigged even after U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has begun.
He is also facing potential litigation from Dominion Voting Systems for claiming that their voting machines played a role in alleged election fraud.
Lindell had also urged Trump to declare martial law in Minnesota to obtain its ballots and overturn the election.
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