Twitter said on Thursday that it had blocked the account of James O'Keefe, the founder of the conservative group Project Veritas.
Mr. O'Keefe's account, @JamesOKeefeIII, was "permanently suspended for violating the Twitter Rules on platform manipulation and spam", specifically that users cannot mislead others with fake accounts or "artificially amplify or disrupt conversations" through the use of multiple accounts, a Twitter spokesman said.
In a statement on his website, Mr. O'Keefe said he will file a defamation lawsuit against Twitter on Monday over its claim that he had operated fake accounts.
"This is false, this is defamatory, and they will pay", the statement said.
