Twitter has suspended almost 4,000 suspicious accounts that it believes are linked to the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA), the company's CEO Jack Dorsey said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th September, 2018) Twitter has suspended almost 4,000 suspicious accounts that it believes are linked to the Russian internet Research Agency (IRA), the company's CEO Jack Dorsey said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
"As of today, we have suspended a total of 3,843 accounts we believe are linked to the IRA," Dorsey said in testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
In February, the Russian Internet Research Agency, reportedly financed by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, was indicted by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller for alleged attempts to manipulate the 2016 presidential election.
