Twitter on Monday suspended the account of a top official of a far-right British group whose anti-Muslim videos President Donald Trump retweeted last month, amid the company's move to crack down on content that promotes hate or threatens violence against people or groups.
The implementation of Twitter's new rules was the latest attempt by technology companies to crack down on abuses of their platforms in the aftermath of Charlottesville's bloody demonstration in August. Though Twitter's announcement in a morning blog post did not make this connection explicit, companies have been scrambling for months to address allegations that their platforms had become breeding grounds for extremist groups.