Twitter has shut down 3,60,000 accounts for threatening or promoting terrorist acts since in the middle of 2015.But since February it has suspended an additional 2,35,000 accounts after halting 1,25,00 accounts. Twitter Said that it's daily suspension of terrorism linked accounts have jumped 80% since last year and it gas reduced the response time. It's also added that an algorithm cannot identify extremist propaganda it relies in span fighting tool to help identify repeat offenders, including those who create new accounts when they are suspended. Even ISIS supporters on Twitter in minority but very vocal. Like no terrorist organization IS had used Twitter and social media channels to broadcast it's message inspires followers and recruit fighters. The researchers used a variety of methods to analyse 23 million tweeted posted by 7,71,327 users from July 2014-April 2015. They also found that ISIS atrocities such as burning of body of Jordanian pilot sparked a huge upsurge in anti-IS tweets.
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