DCU study finds majority of IS-linked accounts suspended by Twitter

Almost two-thirds of Twitter accounts linked to the so-called 'Islamic State' group were suspended within 17 hours, when sampled in April, it was found.

The EU funded research, which was carried out by DCU and the University of Sussex, in a case-study of a 74-hour period between April 3-4, analysing 153 pro-IS accounts that shared out-links to official IS propaganda, 65% of these accounts were suspended within the first 17 hours.