On May 10, 2019, Twitter announced that they suspended 166,513 accounts for selling terrorism in the July–December 2018 period, stating there was a gentle decrease in terrorist teams attempting to make use of the platform owing to its “zero-tolerance policy enforcement”. According to Vijaya Gadde, Legal, Policy and Trust and Safety Lead at Twitter, there was a reduction of 19% terror related tweets from the earlier reporting interval (January–June 2018). Twitter suspended multiple parody accounts that satirized Russian politics in May 2016, sparking protests and elevating questions on the place the company stands on freedom of speech. Following public outcry, Twitter restored the accounts the following day with out explaining why the accounts had been suspended. The similar day, Twitter, along with Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, jointly agreed to a European Union code of conduct obligating them to evaluation “[the] majority of legitimate notifications for removal of illegal hate speech” … Read More