Twitter bans Project Veritas after posting video of Facebook employee's home

Project Veritas won't be able to spread its deceptively edited videos on Twitter any longer.

The conservative activist group, founded by right-wing provocateur James O'Keefe, has been permanently banned from Twitter. O'Keefe's personal account has been temporarily suspended by the company as well.

Twitter took action on Thursday after the Project Veritas account posted a video of one of its activists, Christian Hartsock, accosting Facebook VP Guy Rosen outside his home. 

Rosen's home address is visible in the video.

Interestingly, Project Veritas posted the same video on its Facebook account. The video is still live on the platform as of publishing. Read more...

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