Twitter Suspends Accounts of Users Posting Execution Images

Twitter is “actively suspending accounts” of users posting images related to the apparent execution of journalist James Wright Foley, CEO Dick Costolo announced today. Late last night, Twitter announced that it “will remove imagery of deceased individuals in certain circumstances.”

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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