Britain First’s Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding have been suspended from Twitter as it begins a crackdown on “hateful conduct”.
The far-right group gained a greater profile last month after US President Donald Trump re-tweeted three unverified, anti-Muslim videos posted by Fransen.
Their removal from the site means Trump’s share no longer exists on his timeline.
Their Twitter accounts suggest they have both been suspended since they “violate the Twitter rules”.
The social media giant said:
“Today, we are starting to enforce updates to the Twitter Rules and media policy to reduce hateful conduct and abusive behavior.”
The guidelines were revealed in November and cover abuse, hateful conduct as well as violence and physical harm.
Last month the site paused its verification process, as well as removing verified ‘blue tick’ badges from right wing figures, including former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson.
Britain First is a fringe group built around publicity stunts and social media and claims that Islam is an irredeemable threat to Europe.
Deputy leader Fransen, 31, was convicted of religiously aggravated assault for shouting at a woman in a hijab last year.
When Sadiq Khan became the first Muslim elected mayor of a major Western city last year, Golding, the Britain First candidate and the party’s leader, turned his back in protest.
It has carried out so-called “Christian Patrols” in areas with large Muslim populations, during which its members have scuffled with locals, often while repeating the myth that British cities have “no go zones”.
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