Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts that used '#dcblackout' to spread false reports of a communications blackout (TWTR)

Twitter suspended hundreds of accounts that used '#dcblackout' to spread false reports of a communications blackout (TWTR)

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· *Twitter suspended hundreds of "spammy" accounts on Monday related to the "#dcblackout" hashtag.*
· *The hashtag was associated with the false claim that the federal government, "jammed protesters' phones, stopping them from making calls or protesting online," according to CBS affiliate WUSA9.*
· *Twitter said it suspended...

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