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Mr. Trump became a celebrity through television, but Twitter had given him a singular outlet for expressing himself as he is, unfiltered by the norms of the presidency.

The president’s preferred megaphone cited “the risk of further incitement of violence.” It acted after Facebook, Snapchat, Twitch and other platforms placed limits on him.

Twitter has flagged 15 of the president’s four dozen tweets since polls closed, acting more aggressively to combat false or misleading information.

The company had said it would closely monitor posts that contain misinformation about the election or prematurely declare an outcome.

The social media service hid the president’s post about ballot drop boxes, saying it violated Twitter’s election integrity rules.

It was the first time that Twitter had used that tag on one of the president’s messages.

The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology argues that the president’s move against Twitter and other companies is retaliatory.

It’s a pandemic, protests against police brutality are gripping the country, and the president of the United States and Twitter are battling it out.

The president’s tweet, which implied that protesters in Minneapolis could be shot, could not be viewed without reading a brief notice, and users were blocked from liking or replying to it.

Without certain liability protections, companies like Twitter would have to be more aggressive about policing messages that press the boundaries — like the president’s.

The site removed a video posted by the president that showed a meme of the rock band’s lead singer, edited as an attack on Joe Biden.