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Twitter Says It Has Shut Down 125,000 Terrorism-Related Accounts
Do your part, report any posts on social media that promote violent extremists, foreign or domestic.
Twitter Says It Has Shut Down 125,000 Terrorism-Related Accounts
by Laura Wagner NPR | Feb. 5, 2016
.... Twitter announced Friday that it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 because of what it called their connections to terrorist or extremist groups, primarily ISIS.
NPR’s Aarti Shahani reports that the company says there is no “magic algorithm” to identify terrorist content on the Internet, so they’re forced to make make challenging judgment calls based on “very limited information and guidance.”
“The company says it’s trying to strike the right balance between enforcement against tweets that break the rules, the needs of law enforcement, and free expression,” Aarti reports.
In a statement, Twitter also said it has “increased the size of the teams that review reports,” enabling it to respond more quickly to terrorism-related posts.
“We have already seen results ....
by Laura Wagner NPR | Feb. 5, 2016
.... Twitter announced Friday that it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 because of what it called their connections to terrorist or extremist groups, primarily ISIS.
NPR’s Aarti Shahani reports that the company says there is no “magic algorithm” to identify terrorist content on the Internet, so they’re forced to make make challenging judgment calls based on “very limited information and guidance.”
“The company says it’s trying to strike the right balance between enforcement against tweets that break the rules, the needs of law enforcement, and free expression,” Aarti reports.
In a statement, Twitter also said it has “increased the size of the teams that review reports,” enabling it to respond more quickly to terrorism-related posts.
“We have already seen results ....
One page that especially need to be shut down: https://twitter.com/BundyRanch
