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===Twitter=== Social media site Twitter [[Twitter suspensions|has a suspension policy]]. Between August 2015 and December 2017, it suspended over 1.2 million accounts for terrorist content to reduce the number of followers and amount of content associated with the Islamic State.<ref name="tnsm">{{cite web |last1=Gartenstein-Ross |first1=Daveed |last2=Koduvayur |first2=Varsha |date=26 May 2022 |title=Texas's New Social Media Law Will Create a Haven for Global Extremists |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/26/social-media-terrorism-facebook-twitter-texas-censorship-content-moderation/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |website=foreignpolicy.com |publisher=Foreign Policy}}</ref> Following the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk in October 2022, content rules have been weakened across the platform in an attempt to prioritize free speech.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elon Musk on X: "@essagar Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate" |url=https://twitter.com/TEDTalks/status/1514739086908555272 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> However, the effects of this campaign have been called into question.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Burel |first1=Grégoire |last2=Alani |first2=Harith |last3=Farrell |first3=Tracie |date=2022-05-12 |title=Elon Musk could roll back social media moderation – just as we're learning how it can stop misinformation |url=http://theconversation.com/elon-musk-could-roll-back-social-media-moderation-just-as-were-learning-how-it-can-stop-misinformation-182261 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fung |first=Brian |date=June 2, 2023 |title=Twitter loses its top content moderation official at a key moment |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/tech/twitter-content-moderation-official-eu/index.html |work=CNN News}}</ref>
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