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Twitter Tackles Terrorists In Targeted Takedown (betanews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the anthill-vs-hurricane dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Having previously battled trolls, Twitter has now turned its attention to terrorists and their supporters. The site has closed down more than 125,000 accounts associated with terrorism since the middle of 2015, it announced in a statement. Although a full breakdown of figures is not provided, Twitter says most of these accounts were related to ISIS. Having increased the size of its account review team, the site has reduced the time it takes to investigate accounts that are reported, and has also started to investigate 'accounts similar to those reported'.

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  1. Too Many T's Timothy by rossdee · · Score: 3, Funny

    firsT posT

  2. First they came for... by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    First they came for the trolls...I didn't care because I wasn't a troll.
    Then they came for the terrorists...I didn't care because I wasn't a terrorist.
    Then they came for the guys with ironic beards...and I started caring.

  3. They missed one by troll+-1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    CIA account is still active.