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Twitter Shuts Down Over 125,000 Muslim Terrorist Accounts

Joshua Yasmeh

Twitter has finally divulged the full details of its efforts to combat Islamic extremism online. A tweet by the company’s own ‘@Policy’ division on Friday confirms that Twitter has suspended over 125,000 user accounts since the middle of 2015. The company targeted accounts threatening to promote or instigate terrorism. Many of the accounts invoked ISIS, or the Islamic State.

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