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After a Washington Post report last week that Twitter's account purge could affect its second-quarter user numbers, Twitter's chief financial officer said Monday that the cleanup will only affect not its parameters. In a tweet, Ned Segal explained that most of the suspended accounts were less than 30 days old or were registered at registration and therefore never counted.
Some clarifications: Most of the accounts we delete are not included in our statistics been active on the platform for 30 days or more, or we catch them at registration and they are never counted. https://t.co/nRIGE9EMcf
– Ned Segal (@nedsegal) July 9, 2018
He added: "If we removed 70 million accounts from our reported metrics, you would hear This article shows us that we are improving the health of the service. "
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that Twitter was suspending more than a million accounts a day in recent months, good news for people who called the platform to take seriously on fake accounts that can potentially be used to spread misinformation. According to data reviewed by the newspaper, more than 70 million accounts were suspended in May and June, the pace continuing in July.
But the Washington Post also cited an anonymous source who said the cleanup could The Twitter's share price has dropped more than 9% to a low of $ 42.46 on Monday but has gone back after Segal's clarification. The company's next earnings report is scheduled for July 27th.
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