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Twitter, Facebook Move Quickly To Stem Celebrations Of Nice Attack


Ron Burgundy
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A child stands near flowers and candles placed to pay tribute to victims of the truck attack along the Promenade des Anglais on Bastille Day that killed scores and injured as many in NiceBy Yasmeen Abutaleb and Dustin Volz SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc moved swiftly to remove posts from Islamic extremists glorifying a truck attack in Nice, France, watchdog groups said on Friday, in a rare round of praise for a platform that has often struggled to contain violent propaganda. A spate of violence over the past several months has posed numerous challenges to social media companies. Friday's unsuccessful military coup in Turkey was marked first by restrictions on social media, internet monitoring groups said, but the crackdown appeared to ease as the events unfolded and numerous citizens broadcast live video on Facebook and sent tweets.




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