The logo for Twitter is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 8, 2018. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)The social-media service Twitter is believed to have suspended thousands of accounts for being automated bots or for other policy violations, drawing outcry from fringe conservative media figures who lost followers in the move. Other conservative accounts were suspended pending verification that they are run by people. “Note that when an account is locked and being challenged to provide a phone number, it is removed from follower counts until it provides a phone number. Automated Twitter accounts are believed to have helped popularize the hashtag #releasethememo to drum up support for the release of a memo that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) compiled to discredit the Russia investigation.

Source: Washington Post February 22, 2018 00:49 UTC