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Twitter Missed Dozens of Known Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material, Researchers Say

Social-media platform has now improved its detection system, Stanford Internet Observatory was told

By Alexa Corse
For the month of January, Twitter said it suspended about 404,000 accounts that created or engaged with child sexual exploitation material. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Twitter failed to prevent dozens of known images of child sexual abuse from being posted on its platform in recent months, according to Stanford University researchers who said the situation indicated a lapse in basic enforcement.

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