Twitter removes more Iran-based accounts as part of investigation
Twitter began removing the accounts in October when the FBI said the users were seeking to "disrupt the public conversation" surrounding the US presidential elections.
Twitter has suspended hundreds of Iran-based accounts for allegedly manipulative behavior.
Twitter removed 238 accounts operating from Iran as part of an investigation into influence operations targeting the 2020 US presidential elections, the social media giant said in a press release on Tuesday.
The investigation began in October when Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts. The FBI told Twitter the accounts were seeking to “disrupt the public conversation” during a presidential debate.
A total of 238 accounts were removed by the conclusion of the investigation and have been added to Twitter’s archive, according to the company.
