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FollowAction due to violations of service terms that prohibit businesses that promote or encourage violence from using the service, the Wall Street Journal reports.Steven MusilNight Editor / NewsSteven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around the San Francisco Bay Area. Before joining CNET in 2000, Steven spent 10 years at various Bay Area newspapers.Online payments processor Stripe has for President Donald Trump's campaign website in the wake of last week's , the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.The company, which handles online payments for millions of online businesses, is cutting off the Trump campaign due to violations of its policies against encouraging violence, sources told the newspaper. Stripe's terms of service prohibit its service to be used by any "high risk" business that "engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence or physical harm to persons or property."Violence that erupted Wednesday afternoon when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol during the vote to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Twitter and Facebook for incendiary comments following the riots.Trump released a video statement that night&nbsp;&nbsp;but referred to them as "" and told them "we love you."&nbsp;Neither Stripe no the Trump campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.Get the CNET Now newsletterSpice up your small talk with the latest tech news, products and reviews. Delivered on weekdays.

FollowAction due to violations of service terms that prohibit businesses that promote or encourage violence from using the service, the Wall Street Journal reports.Steven MusilNight Editor / NewsSteven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around the San Francisco Bay Area. Before joining CNET in 2000, Steven spent 10 years at various Bay Area newspapers.Online payments processor Stripe has for President Donald Trump's campaign website in the...

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