New York (CNN) Twitter said Friday that it had deleted thousands of automated accounts that were posting messages discouraging people from voting in Tuesday's midterm elections. "We removed a series of accounts for engaging in attempts to share disinformation in an automated fashion - a violation of our policies. We stopped this quickly and at its source," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement provided to CNN Business. Twitter said that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had brought the accounts to their attention. It would not share any details about what the accounts looked like, or how they were working to discourage voting.

Source: CNN November 02, 2018 20:48 UTC