Twitter Cracks Down On 377,000 Accounts For 'violations Related To Promotion Of Terrorism

Twitter said on Tuesday it had stepped up efforts to rid its social network of posts from users advocating political or religious violence, and was increasingly using software to find them rather than relying on reports from users or governments.

U.S. and European governments have been pressuring social media companies including Twitter, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to fight harder against online radicalization, particularly by Islamist groups that advocate violent activity.

As part of its semiannual 'transparency report,' Twitter said it suspended some 377,000 accounts during the final six months of 2016 for 'violations related to promotion of terrorism,' a rate of about 63,000 a month.

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