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Twitter axes 235,000 more accounts

Suspensions driven by a heightened crackdown on use of the messaging service to promote violent extremist causes

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Published Fri, Aug 19, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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TWITTER announced on Thursday that it had cut off 235,000 accounts during the past six months in a heightened crackdown on use of the global messaging service to promote violent extremist causes.

The suspensions raised to 360,000 the total number of accounts sidelined since the middle of 2015 and was helping "drive meaningful results" in curbing the activity, according to the San Francisco-based company.

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