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BREAKING: After years of public pressure to keep a U.S. president who incites violence and pushes conspiracy theories to millions, Twitter on Friday permanently suspended Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump account in a move that was accelerated by the Jan 6 riot at the Capitol. 
'After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,' the company said in a statement.
The statement went on to list several specific tweets deemed 'likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021.' Twitter did not say if Trump would be allowed to create a new account.
Twitter locked Trump out of his account for 12 hours & requires him to delete 3 tweets or his account will remain suspended indefinitely. If Trump again violates the policies, his account will be permanently suspended from Twitter.
But he still has power!
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…
But he still has power!
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…
The action is the most aggressive yet from Twitter and it comes after it joined Facebook and YouTube in removing a video post from Trump’s account in which the president praised the protestors.
In a video, Trump urged his supporters to “go home”, but also gave legitimacy to the falsehoods that fueled the attempted insurrection, calling the election “stolen”.
Later, Trump again falsely claimed his “election victory” was “unceremoniously” and “viciously” stripped away.
Later, Trump again falsely claimed his “election victory” was “unceremoniously” and “viciously” stripped away.
