Twitter Suspends Accounts of Prominent White Supremacists
- Richard Spencer, Pax Dickinson among those shut out of site
- Social media company also added tools to curb harassment
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Twitter Inc. suspended some accounts of prominent white supremacists as the social media company added tools to curb abuse and harassment.
Among those whose accounts were curbed, was Richard Spencer, Pax Dickinson, Ricky Vaughn and John Rivers. Spencer is often credited with spearheading the alternative-right movement, a loosely associated group of people who believe white identity is under attack by multiculturalism. The account shutdowns were earlier reported by USA Today.