Twitter Accused in Widow Suit of Allowing Islamic State Use
- Florida woman's husband killed while traing Jordanian police
- New Twitter accounts spring up when terrorist users deleted
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Twitter Inc. was accused in a lawsuit by the widow of a man killed at a police training center in Jordan of knowingly allowing the Islamic State to spread its terrorist message through its service.
Twitter, like other social media sites, has been under increasing pressure to quickly remove posts by terrorist groups, including Islamic State, or ISIS. As fast as Twitter deletes such accounts, new ones typically spring up with the same propaganda messages, including video of attacks and beheadings.