{"id":14996,"date":"2022-07-28T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/twitter-transparency-report-shows-dark-side-of-social-media\/459432\/"},"modified":"2022-07-28T22:10:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:10:47","slug":"twitter-transparency-report-shows-dark-side-of-social-media-via-sejournal-martinibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/?p=14996","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Transparency Report Shows Dark Side Of Social Media via @sejournal, @martinibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twitter\u2019s transparency report showed decreases in the number of suspended accounts or had content removed due to violating Twitter\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

The report also details increasing government requests for information and how often Twitter complies with those requests. Of particular note is an increase in governments targeting journalists with legal demands.<\/p>\n

While most violations of Twitter rules decreased in this reporting period, a few others, such as child exploitation, were increasing.<\/p>\n

The report covers the period from July to December 2021.<\/p>\n

Accounts Actioned<\/h2>\n

Twitter\u2019s transparency report noted a decrease in action taken on accounts.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cactioned<\/em>\u201d refers to when an account is suspended or has content removed in response to violating rules that govern participating on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The total amount of actioned accounts decreased by 12%<\/p>\n

The removed content decreased by 14% compared to the previous reporting period.<\/p>\n

The total number of suspended accounts increased by 2%<\/p>\n

Reasons Why Accounts Suspended<\/h2>\n

The overwhelming reason for account suspension is child sexual exploitation, with nearly 600,000 accounts suspended for that kind of activity.<\/p>\n

The second highest reason for the suspension is impersonation, which only accounts for 169,396 account suspensions, followed by Illegal or certain regulated goods or services and sensitive media, coming at 119,508 and 118,356 accounts suspended.<\/p>\n

These are the last three reasons for suspensions:<\/strong><\/p>\n