Friday, 18 November 2016

Twitter suspends American far-right activists' accounts

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/16/twitter-suspends-american-far-right-activists-accounts

Among the accounts Twitter removed were those of the National Policy Institute, its magazine, Radix, and its founder Richard Spencer.

Twitter ends up removing accounts based on hate crimes.Especially considering that this would be the twitter of those who are far right that are known to have a very discriminant view on politics. 
  • "So far, though, the service has just 12,000 users, making it small in comparison to other far-right meeting places such as Stormfront".


In my opinion, this would highlight how Twitter are trying to regulate its website. Although the internet is known to be a place where there is freedom of speech, this would present the contrast that Twitter is a restrictive place that wouldn't allow for discrimination to be publically viewed. This is a good way to prevent criticism from spreading which can show that social media websites have a slight form of control and regulation.

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