Twitter announces it has suspended 235,000 terror-linked accounts

Twitter has suspended 235,000 terror-linked accounts over the past six months, according to a new report from the social media giant. The announcement comes after the White House has mounted the pressure on Silicon Valley companies -- including sending out intelligence chiefs to personally lobby California tech firms --to censor extremists from groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Earlier this year, Twitter announced the suspension of 125,000 accounts related to terrorism since the m