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Twitter Removes 71 Accounts Based in Ghana and Nigeria

They were associated with Russia and targeting the U.S.

TwitterBirdMagnifyingGlass3 — The accounts were engaging in conversations about social issuesbombuscreative/iStock

Twitter recently removed 71 accounts that were operating out of Ghana and Nigeria, associated with Russia and presenting themselves as U.S.-based.

The social network said in a Twitter Safety tweet that the accounts were mostly tweeting in English and engaging in conversations about social issues, such as race and civil rights.

Our top priority is keeping people safe. In collaboration with law enforcement, industry peers, journalists, and expert researchers, we recently suspended a small network of accounts largely Tweeting in English and that presented themselves as based in the United States.