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In the fight against the spread of misinformation, the Twitter short message service reportedly blocked more than 70 million questionable user accounts in May and June alone. "The right to freedom of expression is not worth much if people do not feel safe," said Del Harvey, vice president of Twitter for security, The Washington Post, Saturday
"Facebook, Twitter and Google Fight Fake News"
The newspaper reported that the company had doubled the number of daily blocked accounts since last year to more than one million. The trend continues accordingly in July. The online service is often accused of not doing enough against hate speech and false news. Like Facebook and Google, Twitter had announced that it would take steps to remove misinformation, propaganda and provocations from its platforms.
US President Donald Trump urged Twitter to block even legitimate media for their "false news". Twitter is running fast on fake accounts, he wrote in a tweet – and asked if newspapers in the New York Times and the Washington Post, which he says are reporting incorrectly, would also be affected.
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