Twitter removes thousands of accounts linked to Iran government

• Nearly 4,800 accounts taken down by microblogging platform
• Step aims to prevent election interference and misinformation

Twitter has removed nearly 4,800 accounts with ties to the Iranian government in a continuing effort to prevent election interference and misinformation on the platform, the company said on Thursday.

Since October 2018, Twitter has been publishing transparency reports on its investigations into state-backed information operations, releasing datasets on more than 30m tweets. The latest report discloses that thousands of accounts originating in Iran have been suspended.