Twitter Purged 58 Million Accounts in Last Quarter of 2017

Twitter Purged 58 Million Accounts in Last Quarter of 2017 In recent months, Twitter has begun purging millions of accounts to provide users with a more trusted social media experience. In May and June this year, the company suspended over 70 million users. Now, according to the Associated Press, it also purged nearly 60 million during the last quarter of 2017. For a number of notable figures on the platform, the follower count drop was significant, amounting to millions. The swelling suspension rates follow revelations about Twitter's centrality to Russia’s troll campaign during the 2016 presidential election. The company points to the scrubbing of suspect accounts as part of an effort to
curb misinformation and harassment on the platform.