Twitter Has Suspended 1.2 Million Accounts For Terrorism

ABC News Online: Twitter has suspended more than 1 million accounts for terrorism, but Australia says there's more work to be done

* Twitter's action was discussed at a counter-terrorism meeting in Jakarta co-hosted by Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton
* Mr Dutton said the 1.2 million accounts Twitter suspended could be "just the tip of the iceberg"
* Twitter said it was continuing to see a positive and significant impact as a result of its early detection technology

Twitter is clearly proud of its achievements in the fight against terrorism. In 20 months, the social media platform suspended more than 1.2 million accounts for terrorist content.
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And thanks to purpose-built early detection technology, 75 per cent of those accounts were suspended before they could even thumb out their first tweet.

"Twitter has been at the forefront of responding to the evolving challenge of preventing terrorist exploitation of the internet," a spokesperson for Twitter told the ABC.

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WNU Editor: 1.2 million accounts?!?!?!