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Twitter locks accounts with Terror content

The US online service Twitter has according to own data since mid-2015 to approximately 125,000 accounts due to “terrorist content” will be blocked. On the accounts was with “terrorist acts threatened” or for that has been advertised.

In the majority of cases would have been the Terror-Propaganda in connection with the Dschihadistenmiliz “Islamic state” (IS), stood, the company said.

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The government in Washington, but also many other States had in the past few months, the pressure on social networks increases. The Jihad Propaganda on the Internet must be curbed. Twitter confirmed now, it had been clear rules and attempts to extremist Propaganda to prevent. “We condemn the use of Twitter, to terrorism, to promote,” the company said.

No “Magic Algorithm”

However, there would be no simple technical solution to abuse by jihadists to fight, said Twitter. There is no “magic algorithm”, not one hundred percent effective search system to “terrorist content” on the Internet to detect and filter out. This is also other companies and known experts.

All Twitterzugänge and messages, but would be as accurate as possible examined, a special internal Team had been strengthened. In addition to the already closed entrances is going to have a whole bunch of Accounts observed the similar characteristics.

The Terror content to wander in other channels

According to the group are already consequences of the greater action against extremism on the net to watch, however, is a success only due to recognize. Jihad activities would have on other channels is shifted, emphasized the management of the Kurznachrichtendienstes without explaining to what platforms it was.

Nevertheless, will Twitter continue its rules in this area “hard” to enforce, and with authorities and relevant organisations to work together to find solutions to the deletion of “terrorist content”.

haz/ago (rtr, dpa, afp)