SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc took down nearly 6,000 tweets during last November's U.S. congressional elections, most of which were attempting to suppress the vote through intimidation or sharing false information, the company said on Thursday.
Most disinformation around the elections originated inside the United States, the company said, though it also identified "limited operations" to influence voters potentially connected to sources in Iran, Venezuela and Russia.
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