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19Th Aug 2016
In its continued effort to curb
terrorism-related activities, the micro-blogging website Twitter has suspended
an additional 235,000 accounts for violating its policies related to promotion
of terrorism in the last six months.
Twitter had announced the blocking of more
than 125,000 accounts earlier this year which were primarily related to the
Islamic State (IS) terror group.
"This brings our overall number of
suspensions to 360,000 since the middle of 2015. As noted by numerous third
parties, our efforts continue to drive meaningful results, including a
significant shift in this type of activity off of Twitter," the company said
in a blog post on Friday.
The daily Twitter account suspensions are up
over 80 per cent since last year with spikes in suspensions immediately
following terrorist attacks. The Total
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"Our response time for suspending
reported accounts, the amount of time these accounts are on Twitter and the
number of followers they accumulate have all decreased dramatically. We have
also made progress in disrupting the ability of those suspended to immediately
return to the platform," the blog post read. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
In addition to the account suspensions,
Twitter's global Public Policy team has expanded its partnerships with
organisations working to counter violent extremism (CVE) online.
"We work with organisations such as
Parle-moi d'Islam (France), Imams Online (Britain), Wahid Foundation
(Indonesia), The Sawab Centre (UAE), and True Islam (US) to empower credible
non-governmental voices against violent extremism," Twitter said.
According to a latest study by the US-based
Brookings Institution, IS supporters may be operating over 46,000 active
Twitter accounts. The Total Investment
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"We also collaborate with other social
platforms, sharing information and best practices for identifying terrorist
content," Twitter added.
The San Francisco-based company has increased
the size of its teams that review terror-related accounts and leverage
proprietary spam-fighting tools to surface other potentially violating accounts
for review.
As many experts and other companies have
noted, there is no "magic algorithm" for identifying terrorist
content on the internet, so global online platforms are forced to make
challenging judgment calls based on very limited information and guidance.The Total Investment & Insurance
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"In spite of these challenges, we will
continue to aggressively enforce our Rules in this area, and engage with
authorities and other relevant organisations to find solutions to this critical
issue and promote powerful counter-speech narratives," Twitter added.The Total Investment & Insurance
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