Twitter permanently bans 70,000 accounts related to Trump supporter raids



Occurred on January 6, 2021

attack incident to the US Capitol by Donald Trump President's supporters in the wake of, such as Facebook and Twitch as instigated the attack incident, block the account of Trump president was, Apple・The three companies , Google and Amazon , have promoted a move to eliminate the SNS application 'Parler' used by President Trump's supporters. President Trump's account was permanently frozen on Twitter as soon as possible, but he explained the details on the official blog, saying that he is working to protect users from further misleading information.

An update following the riots in Washington, DC
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/protecting--the-conversation-following-the-riots-in-washington--.html



As Twitter approaches the United States Presidential Inauguration Ceremony on January 20, 2021, it is becoming more important to be transparent about the company's 'efforts to protect users from false alarms'. Is explained on the blog.

On the afternoon of Friday, January 8, 2021, Twitter announced that it had 'permanently frozen thousands of accounts dedicated to sharing QAnon content' related to the attack on the Capitol. Twitter said, 'Many of the individuals affected by this measure had multiple accounts, so the total number of accounts affected by this freeze measure has increased,' he said, using multiple accounts. He points out that there were many individuals who tried to spread QAnon content and spread conspiracy theory. According to Twitter, the total number of accounts that have been permanently frozen this time has already exceeded 70,000.

Due to this large-scale account cease and desist, it seems that the number of followers has decreased significantly in some users' accounts.



In the case of the attack on the Capitol by the supporters of President Trump, which is a big problem in the United States, Twitter said to clarify how to take action on these problems, 'Citizen's We announced the Policy on Integrity. This policy details what you can do about your account, such as repeatedly retweeting tweets labeled with warnings. If you repeat an act that violates the 'Policies for Inhibiting Citizenship Activities', your account will eventually be permanently frozen.

Civic integrity policy

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy



Policy on inhibition of civic activity
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy

In addition, Twitter is actively building a mechanism for humans to review the platform in order to take action as quickly as possible for content that violates the policy. Twitter explains that the combination of technology and human reviews allows for large-scale reviews.

In addition, Twitter is working to limit the engagement of content that violates the policy by blocking replies, likes, and retweets to tweets labeled as violating the Citizen's Integrity Policy. Is proceeding.

Also, in order to prevent certain content from appearing in the trend so that Twitter trends can promote healthy conversations, keywords that violate the policy will be blocked. There are rules for Twitter trends, and any trends that violate these rules will be enforced. Keywords that violate Twitter's trend rules are ' coordinated harmful activities, ' ' citizen integrity, ' ' disgusting behavior, ' ' beautification of violence, ' ' violent threats, ' and ' delicate media. ' And so on.

In addition, spam acts that spread offensive or deceptive content violate Twitter's policy, and in order to remove accounts engaged in such acts from the platform, 'anti-spam measures' Twitter says it runs 'challenge' on a regular basis. Specifically, users need to show their credibility by having their accounts perform authentication processes such as reCAPTCHA and email address settings.



In addition, as stipulated in the policy announced prior to the 2020 US presidential election, accounts that tweet or retweet problematic content such as QAnon content will be displayed on Twitter search / reply / timeline. Is restricted and will no longer appear in recommendations to other users.

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