The company\u2019s head of safety openly described it as \u201can organised attempt to make people believe that our content moderation policies have been weakened\u201d, following the company\u2019s $44 billion acquisition by the world\u2019s richest man. According to Yoel Roth, the social media platform was experiencing a surge of tweets from a disproportionately small number of accounts, containing offensive and derogatory content.<\/p>\n
As an indication of the scale of the attack, he said, more than 50,000 tweets using an unspecified slur were posted by just 300 accounts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
According to Roth, most of these accounts were \u201cinauthentic\u201d, and the users involved were suspended.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe took action and banned the users involved in this trolling campaign \u2014 and we will continue working to address the situation over the coming days to ensure that Twitter remains safe and welcoming for everyone,\u201d he stressed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n