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Ahead of US vote, Twitter says accounts removed over 'disinformation'
[AlAhram] Twitter on Saturday said it deleted a "series of accounts" that attempted to share disinformation, ahead of crucial midterm elections, as media reports said thousands of accounts were axed.The social media company "removed a series of accounts for engaging in attempts to share disinformation in an automated fashion -- a violation of our policies," it confirmed to AFP without giving a number. Twitter said it has established "open lines of communication" for state election officials, Republican and Democratic campaign officials, and the Department of Homeland Security. Reports said many of the accounts were posing as Democrats, posting tweets encouraging US voters to sit out Tuesday's ballot. CNN said the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had alerted Twitter to the accounts, which were removed in late September and early October. For months, Twitter has sought to eliminate automated and bogus accounts designed to manipulate the public conversation on the platform, in response to concerns over Russian interference in the 2016 election. In October it said its number of active users fell by nine million in the previous quarter as a result of these efforts. US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... recently complained that Twitter was removing some of his followers. Twitter apologizes for 'Kill all Jews' trending topic
"This was trending as a result of coverage and horrified reactions to the vandalism against a synagogue in New York," it said. "Regardless, it should not have appeared as a trend." "At times, we do prevent certain content from trending and we have now done so with this trend." BuzzFeed first reported on Twitter's statement. The phrase began trending after it was discovered written inside of a New York City synagogue Thursday. The New York Police Department said that and other anti-Semitic messages were discovered in the stairwell of the Union Temple in Brooklyn Heights. "Broad City" star Ilana Glazer canceled a political event scheduled there Thursday night after the vandalism was found. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-04 |
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