The company declared war to the hate rhetoric, Voice of America reports.
On Wednesday, Twitter blocked several accounts of ultra-right activities as part of the launched campaign on fighting against hate rhetoric.
The accounts of the racist organization “Institute of National Policy”, its magazine and his chief Richard Spencer, as well as activists, such as Pax Dixinson and Paul Town.
Spencer, whose Twitter account was checked, spoke out for deportation of representatives of certain minorities from the country and pushed for “peaceful ethnic cleansings”, Southern Poverty Law Center reports.
“Twitter’s policy bans any targeted harassment and abuse; we will block the accounts, violating this policy”, according to the company’s statement.
However, the supporters of ultra-right movement called the blocking of accounts as “cleansing”.
“I am physically alive, however, death squads, which are hunting for alternative rights, are operating in the digital space, – Spencer said in video, posted on YouTube. – This is the corporate Stalinism”.
The alternative rights call themselves to be the alternative for conservatives; however, according to many, they are racists.
Previously, Twitter also blocked different known accounts, including those, which belonged to activists of the ultra-right movement; however, previously this number of accounts was not blocked at one time. The blocked accounts usually can be unblocked in some time; however, previously, this year, the account of Breitbart’s editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who was accused of abusing actress Leslie Jones, was blocked forever.