Twitter suspends 225,000 accounts linked to terrorism
Click here for reuse options!“The world has witnessed a further wave of deadly, abhorrent terror attacks across the globe,” Twitter said in a statement. “We strongly condemn these acts and remain committed to eliminating the promotion of violence or terrorism on our platform.”
Twitter’s latest action brings the total number of accounts that the company has suspended to 360,000 since it began cracking down on terrorism and violent extremism in mid-2015. While Twitter has long championed free speech on the web and said that it was a “global town square,” its positioning has drawn bullies, racists and extremist groups to the service to spread their messages. That has drawn criticism from government agencies and the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, among others.
While Twitter is trying to find a way to reconcile its free speech stance with how women and minorities can be targeted on the service, the company has been clearer about combating terrorism. Daily suspensions for violating Twitter’s prohibition on terrorism are up over 80 percent since last year, with spikes in suspensions immediately following terrorist attacks, the company said.
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Mike August 18th, 2016 at 13:03
So Trump has been banned…???
Suzanne McFly August 18th, 2016 at 13:29
Beat me lol.
Gary Parillo August 18th, 2016 at 16:22
I have inadvertently run across somevery wacked out people on twitter,and have had to block them on my notifications.Far right nuts who are just as dangerous as the jihadist psychos.They are impossible to reason with.In spite of our free speech righs,there should be censorship at some point.A quarter of a million is alot of wackos,and thats probably the tip of a very large and frightening iceberg.
robert August 19th, 2016 at 02:32
Kudos to Twitter! If only Facebook had the brains to do the same .