A senior Twitter executive has said there is “no doubt” that content on Twitter and other social networks could contribute to radicalisation, while revealing that 1.6 million accounts have been taken down related to terrorism. According to the executive, 90% of terror-related content taken down is detected by Twitter’s own technologies proactively without any users reporting it. Social networks have been trying to strike the right balance of conversation on their platforms (Nick Ansell/PA)However, she stood firm on the social network’s position on violent extremist groups. “We have a violent extremist group policy that has banned over 110 violent extremist groups, 90 plus percent of those are white supremacist or white nationalist groups, including the American Nazi Party, the Proud Boys, the KKK,” she explained at the Code Conference. “If you have any affiliation, if you claim any affiliation to those parties, you are not allowed on Twitter, period.

Source: Irish Examiner June 11, 2019 15:00 UTC