Discredited right-wing attack organization Project Veritas was suspended from Twitter today for violating platform rules.
The account was “permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter’s private information policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said.
The group’s founder, James O’Keefe, had his account temporarily locked, also for violation of the private information policy.
“The account owner is required to delete the violative Tweet to regain access to their account,” the spokesperson said.
Project Veritas is an American far-right activist group founded by O’Keefe in 2010.
The group produces deceptively edited videos of its undercover operations, which use secret recordings to allege misconduct and corruption in mainstream media organizations and progressive groups.
O’Keefe was convicted of a misdemeanor in 2010 for using a fake identity to enter a federal building.
The Project Veritas account had been followed by former President Trump’s adult sons, and the suspensions come amid a broader Twitter crackdown on accounts promoting misinformation.
Last month following the Capitol insurrection, the social media platform announced that it had removed more than 70,000 accounts that promoted QAnon ideas, along with banning Trump.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) also recently sent a letter to the CEOs of Twitter, Google, Youtube and Facebook, emphasizing the need for clear and accurate information as coronavirus vaccines roll out.
Project Veritas has been known to use deceptive practices and spread misinformation in attempts to expose what it views as “corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct” from liberal organizations or individuals.
In September, Stanford University and University of Washington researchers wrote that a Project Veritas video alleging voter fraud with unidentified sources was what a “a domestic, coordinated elite disinformation campaign looks like in the United States.”
O’Keefe had also filmed himself crashing a private CNN teleconference in December.