Twitter is penalising more accounts for posting hate speech

In total, Twitter says it removed 3.8 million tweets during the period. — Photo by Jeremy Zero on Unsplash

Twitter Inc “took action” on a record number of user accounts for violating the company’s hate speech policies during the second half of 2020, a reflection of the company’s decision to expand its rules.

Twitter “actioned” 1,126,990 different accounts between July and December 2020 for infringing its hateful conduct policy, a 77% increase over the prior six-month period. Actions taken could range from removing a tweet to banning an account.