Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting
Source: Reuters
Christopher Bing
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesdays U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.
We took action on relevant accounts and activity on Twitter, a Twitter spokesman said in an email. The removals took place in late September and early October.
Twitter removed more than 10,000 accounts, according to three sources familiar with the Democrats effort. The number is modest, considering that Twitter has previously deleted millions of accounts it determined were responsible for spreading misinformation in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Yet the removals represent an early win for a fledgling effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, a party group that supports Democrats running for the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Day late and a dollar short on the sentiment, but, glad they got started w it.
Owl
(3,643 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)So I presume Snowden, Tracey, Taibbi, et al are all banned as well??
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)Hadn't heard that.
Maven
(10,533 posts)to combat the Russian/Republican disinformation machine. Good on them for taking the fight to this important battlefield.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)It's pablum to cover corporate America. Glad they did it, don't stop there. Get MOVING with it.