Twitter Inc. (ticker: TWTR) may be struggling to ward off abuse on its platform, but it has no trouble dealing with terrorists.
The social network has suspended 235,000 accounts the past six months that were related to the promotion of terrorism. The company previously announced in February that since mid-2015, it had suspended more than 125,000 accounts — its total suspensions now hitting 360,000 beginning at that time.
Twitter also said in a blog post that its daily suspensions rose more than 80 percent since 2015, rising prominently after terrorist attacks. The New York Times notes the company’s approach to handling terrorism has been more obvious, though it’s still working through the targeting of women and minorities.
CNBC points out that Twitter’s chief competitor Facebook has been dealing with terrorism and terrorists as well, and has also taken action against it on its service.
Twitter is buffeted by confusion about its general purpose. In yet another effort to improve the product, the company also announced more changes aimed at better controlling users’ experiences. These include notifications updates, including a quality filter setting.
TWTR is also trying to alleviate concerns about its future by pushing heavily into live video and is reportedly in talks with Apple TV (AAPL) about a Twitter app for the device. Its abuse problems, however, remain a looming concern for the company, something its users are not afraid to point out.
“someone is harassing me”
TWITTER: we’ll get around to it
“someone is posting Olympics GIFs”
TWITTER: pic.twitter.com/7Se5OdTvME
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff)
Twitter stock was down about 5.65 percent Thursday afternoon and about 17.7 percent on the year.
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