Twitter removes more than 3,000 accounts related to state-linked information operations


FILE PHOTO People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27 2013. REUTERSKacper PempelIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Thursday it has removed more than 3,000 accounts which were operating as state-linked information operations.

The company also said it will start a research consortium made of experts in early 2022 to study its platform governance issues.

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