A Twitter account linked to the Boko Haram sect has been suspended by the social media company.
The account, opened recently, was
flagged and brought down Tuesday. Before the suspension, the account was
used to propagate messages from the group and its leader, Abubakar
Shekau.
The account posted messages in English, Arabic and Hausa languages.
The account also posted videos, hosted on sendvid, and images, hosted on
Justpaste.it.
In its last tweet, the group claimed it was still in control of Baga,
a town in Borno state, which the Nigerian military said is now fully
under its legitimate control.
The account was also used to circulate images of the group’s attack
on Gombe town two weeks ago. The images showed the group was skilled in
graphic designs.
Twitter has in recent times stepped up effort to remove accounts
linked to terror organizations after the increased use of the social
media by the jihadist group, ISIS.
Boko Haram’s appearance on Twitter followed an increasing clampdown on
its activities by Youtube, the Google-owned online video site, and
Facebook. The group shifted from delivering its video messages to
journalists through couriers to posting them on Youtube. Such videos are
usually taken down by video site.
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