Twitter deletes thousands of accounts tied to Iran, seeks to end false info campaigns

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Twitter Inc on Thursday said it removed thousands of accounts linked to coordina...

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In the latest purge of information, the company said it believes 4,779 accounts were associated or backed by Iran. It also removed and archived 130 accounts tied to the Catalan independence movement in Spain, and 33 accounts engaged in manipulative behavior related to Venezuela.

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