Twitter: 360,000 Terrorism-Related Accounts Suspended Since Mid-2015

The war against terrorism is a battle of attrition, and Twitter detailed its small contribution: Some 235,000 accounts have been suspended since February for violating its policies on promotion of violence or terrorism.

The war against terrorism is a battle of attrition, and Twitter detailed its small contribution: Some 235,000 accounts have been suspended since February for violating its policies on promotion of violence or terrorism.

This follows the social network’s February announcement of more than 125,000 similar account suspensions, bringing total affected accounts to about 360,000 since the middle of last year.

Twitter provided a progress update on its efforts in a blog post:

Daily suspensions are up more than 80 percent since last year, with spikes in suspensions immediately following terrorist attacks.

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