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March 9, 2026
X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific
TL;DR
- X suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 for violating rules on platform manipulation and spam.
- The company is fighting against state-backed attempts to manipulate the platform, with Russia, Iran, and China identified as key actors.
- X defines manipulative accounts by their bulk, aggressive, or disruptive activity, and spam as unsolicited, repeated actions.
- Russia is accused of attempting to undermine the 2024 US presidential election and stoke division through account manipulation.
- X, formerly Twitter, has faced criticism for its content moderation approach since Musk's acquisition.
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