Yiannopoulos, an openly-gay editor at the conservative news website Breitbart, was seemingly banned on Tuesday night for targeting "Ghostbusters" actor and "Saturday Night Live" cast member Leslie Jones earlier in the week. The tweets from Yiannopoulos and his followers ultimately convinced Jones to leave the social-media platform.

In an interview with Business Insider at his Republican National Convention party on Tuesday night, Yiannopoulos slammed Twitter cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey.

Yiannopoulos said:

"He just sent a very clear message to the entire user base of Twitter, which is if you believe in mischief and dissidence and fun and free speech, you're not welcome on Twitter.