Twitter Suspensions Reveal the Company's Skewed Views on 'Extremism' - Motherboard

Twitter's deeming of some content—but not other content—as "extremist" is, after all, a value judgement. Although there's little transparency beyond numbers, much of the banned content matches up neatly with the US government's list of designated terrorist organizations. We don't know what kinds of terms Twitter uses to weed out the accounts, but accounts expressing support for Islamic terror organizations seem to make up the bulk of takedowns. Meanwhile, neo-Nazis like Richard Spencer are rewarded with a "verified" checkmark—intended to signify a confirmed identity, but often used and seen as a marker of celebrity.