As part of its contribution towards the eradication of terrorism, the social media platform, Twitter, suspended more than 166,000 accounts at the later stages of last year.
For some time, regulatory bodies have consistently asked Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media organizations to take down content relating to terrorism.
So, during its most recent transparency report, Twitter publicized that with tools created for tracking accounts which have terrorism-related content, it has successfully suspended a whopping 91 percent of such accounts, adding that many of the accounts were even banned before the handlers got to post their first tweets.
While making the announcement, Twitter’s Vice President, Sinead McSweeney, stated, “this sharp decrease is indicative of a larger trend we are now observing year-on-year the numbers of terrorist organizations attempting to use our service is reducing. This can be attributed to a robust technical approach that we’ve enhanced over many years. We are encouraged by these metrics but will remain vigilant.”
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