INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In October, Twitter said its number of active users fell by nine million in the past quarter
voters to sit out Tuesday's crucial midterm elections, according to media reports.The reports cited a Twitter statement Friday as saying the
social media company had "removed a series of accounts for engaging in attempts to share disinformation in an automated fashion -- a
violation of our policies."CNN said the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had alerted Twitter to the accounts, which were removed
in late September and early October."For the election this year we have established open lines of communication and direct, easy escalation
paths for state election officials, DHS, and campaign organizations from both major parties," the statement said.Twitter said it appeared
the account network was run out of the United States, but did not provide details on how the accounts worked.For months, Twitter has sought
to eliminate automated and bogus accounts designed to manipulate the public conversation on Twitter, in response to concerns over Russian
interference in the 2016 election.In October the platform said its number of active users fell by nine million in the past quarter as a
result of these efforts.US President Donald Trump recently complained that Twitter was removing some of his followers.(Except for the
headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
