Twitter suspends 10,000 Islamic State accounts in one day
10 April 2015 - 13:12
Activists and experts who monitor the Twitter traffic of the Islamic State and its supporters noticed something odd last week when many accounts suddenly disappeared. The activists exchanged messages about the missing accounts, suspecting they had been suspended.On Thursday, a Twitter representative confirmed what some were saying and put a number on it.
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