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Twitter has taken its “most severe enforcement action” against Aave founder Stani Kulechov’s account by permanently banning it.

Kulechov’s verified account was suspended Thursday, a day after he posted a joking tweet saying that he was joining Twitter as interim CEO.

Earlier this week, Twitter accepted Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s takeover offer worth $44 billion, which will make the social media company private. Still, until the deal closes, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal will remain CEO of the company, he told The Verge earlier this week. The deal is expected to close sometime this year, subject to stockholder and regulatory approvals.

Suspension amid Musk’s call for free speech

Kulechov’s Twitter account suspension comes as Musk has strongly advocated for free speech — that, in fact, being one of the main reasons for his acquisition of Twitter.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement earlier this week.

“By ‘free speech’, I simply mean that which matches the law,” Musk later clarified in a tweet. “I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.”

Since Kulechov’s account suspension is permanent, he will not be allowed to create new accounts, according to Twitter rules.

“When we permanently suspend an account, we notify people that they have been suspended for abuse violations, and explain which policy or policies they have violated and which content was in violation,” the rules say.

Violators can appeal permanent suspensions if they believe Twitter has made an error. Upon appeal, if Twitter finds that a suspension is valid, it responds to the appeal with information on the policy that the account has violated.

It is unclear whether Kulechov plans to appeal. Neither Kulechov nor Twitter immediately responded to The Block’s requests for comments.

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