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.
The permanent Twitter suspension came a few hours after Reddit announced it was taking down the massively popular subreddit r/Donaldtrump. Other social platforms that have gone after Trump accounts in the days following the attack on the Capitol:
Twitch & Snapchat (his accts have been disabled), Shopify (online stores affiliated with him have been removed), Facebook & Instagram (Trump was banned from posting 'indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks'), & YouTube.
Axios reported Friday that TikTok is also 'removing content violations and redirecting hashtags like #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty to its community guidelines.'
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