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Twitter removes 170,000 state-backed accounts based in China

Post author By Randall
Post date June 12, 2020
Categories In accounts, archive, banned, China, communist party of china, gear, hong kong, Information, News, prc, removed, Russia, state-backed, Tech, turkey, Twitter

[ad_1] The accounts linked to the PRC focused heavily on Hong Kong. They also promoted messages about the coronavirus pandemic, Taiwan and an exiled Chinese billionaire, Reuters reports. The accounts reportedly had ties to another state-backed operation that Twitter, Facebook and YouTube removed last year for spreading misinformation about Hong Kong. We’re disclosing new state-linked […]

Twitter bans accounts related to Hamas and Hezbollah

Post author By Randall
Post date November 4, 2019
Categories In banned, gear, online, Politics, services, Tech, terror, terrorism, Twitter

[ad_1] Over the weekend, Twitter suspended multiple accounts related to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move represents a reversal from Twitter’s previous position on the two organizations. In the past, the company had said that it differentiated between the political and military arms of Hamas and Hezbollah, a […]

Slack removed 28 accounts with ties to hate groups

Post author By Randall
Post date March 14, 2019
Categories In banned, business, gear, hate groups, hate speech, identity evropa, Internet, Politics, racism, slack, Tech, white nationalism
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[ad_1] While Slack’s Acceptable Use Policy doesn’t explicitly mention hate speech, the company said in a statement, “The use of Slack by hate groups runs counter to everything we believe in at Slack and is not welcome on our platform… Using Slack to encourage or incite hatred and violence against groups or individuals because of […]