Twitter removes thousands of accounts that discouraged people from voting in US mid-term elections

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonNov 3, 2018, 5:11 am282 pts
Twitter has confirmed the removal of thousands of accounts for not only discouraging people from voting in week's US elections, but also falsely appearing to originate from the Democratic Party. In all, over 10,000 account were deleted in September and October, for targeting key demographics and encouraging…

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