Twitter said on Friday it has suspended 125,000 accounts
primarily related to the terrorist group known as Islamic State (IS) since the
middle of 2015.
The social media network, based in this US
Twitter, compared with other US-based networks of its kind,
has been considered to be more reluctant to intervene against contents posted
by users.
In its history of nearly 10 years, it has had a system in
place against child pornography.
According to a report released in 2015 by Brookings
Institution, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, the IS had at least 46,000
active Twitter accounts over a three-month period in 2014.
The pressure for Twitter to curb propaganda by the IS and
other extremist groups comes from the US US
The plaintiff alleged that Twitter makes it easy for the IS
to promote violence.
However, Twitter said on Friday it has "always sought
to strike a balance between the enforcement of our own Twitter Rules covering
prohibited behaviors, the legitimate needs of law enforcement, and the ability
of users to share their views freely -- including views that some people may
disagree with or find offensive."
Meanwhile, the network said it has increased the size of the
teams that review terrorism-related reports, so as to reduce its response time.
"We also look into other accounts similar to those
reported and leverage proprietary spam-fighting tools to surface other
potentially violating accounts for review by our agents," it said,
claiming that "we have already seen results, including an increase in
account suspensions and this type of activity shifting off of Twitter."
Acknowledging that there is no "magic algorithm"
for identifying terrorist content on the internet, Twitter said it will
"continue to aggressively enforce our Rules in this area."
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