by Tyler Durden
Nov 16, 2016 9:38 AM
In a move dubbed as "corporate Stalinism" by one of those impacted, overnight Twitter again
suspended dozens of accounts associated with the alt-right movement, the same day the social media service said it would crack down on hate speech.
Among those suspended was Richard Spencer, who runs an alt-right think tank and had a verified account on Twitter.
According to USA Today, Twitter on Tuesday removed Spencer's account, @RichardBSpencer, that of his think tank, the National Policy Institute @npiamerica, and his online magazine @radixjournal.
Twitter has suspended alt-right accounts in the past but never so many at once. In one of the highest-profile bans, Twitter removed the account of Milo Yiannopoulos, an outspoken editor at Breitbart in July.
Twitter was the platform of choice for the campaign of President-elect Donald Trump and the alt-right political movement that embraced him. According to USA Today, "the alt-right used social media to spread its cause of white supremacy, operating largely unchecked by social media giants Twitter and Facebook."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-16/twitter-purges-dozens-alt-right-accounts
