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For years, Twitter has positioned itself as a "global town square" that is open to discourse from all. And for years, extremist groups like the Islamic State have taken advantage of that stance, using Twitter as a place to spread their messages.
Twitter on Friday made clear that it was stepping up its fight to stem that tide. The social media company said it had suspended 125,000 Twitter accounts associated with extremism since the middle of 2015, the first time it has publicized the number of accounts it has suspended. Twitter also said it had expanded the teams that review reports of accounts connected to extremism, to remove the accounts more quickly.
"As the nature of the terrorist threat has changed, so has our ongoing work in this area," Twitter said in a statement, adding that it "condemns the use of Twitter to promote terrorism." The company said its collective moves had already produced results, "including an increase in account suspensions and this type of activity shifting off Twitter."