New Delhi: Twitter has taken strong action against 300 Twitter accounts who might have tried to incite the current situation and may use the visuals of the violent developments in Delhi on Republic day for their own propaganda. "Using a combination of technology and human review, Twitter worked at scale and took action on hundreds of accounts and Tweets that have been in violation of the Twitter Rules, suspending more than 300 accounts engaged in spam and platform manipulation," the company added. Also read PIL in SC seeking judicial probe into violence in Delhi during tractor rallyThe statement pointed out that regardless of any political beliefs and background, action has been taken on accounts that have violated the Twitter Rules. Twitter also made sure any hashtags that might have been used to spread violence and incite actions are prohibited from appearing in the trends section. The central government has reached out to Twitter several times on misinformation being spread through fake and "ghost" accounts.

Source: dna January 27, 2021 07:30 UTC