A parody ‘ISIS’ Twitter account (Picture: Twitter/ISIS_Med_jr)

Twitter has deleted around 125,000 accounts which supported Daesh, also known as ISIS.

The crackdown started in the middle of last year, and relies on people reading through messages as well as computer analysis.

Some of the deleted accounts were manned by real users, while others were ‘bots’ set up to robotically tweet out extremist propaganda.

‘We condemn the use of Twitter to promote violent terrorism,’ Microslurps reported Twitter said. ‘This type of behavior, or any violent threats, is not permitted on our service.’


Daesh previously hijacked a Justin Bieber hashtag (Picture: AAP)

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The terror group has used social media as a recruiting tool and proved itself well versed in propaganda.



Last month they posted extremist material using a popular Justin Bieber hashtag to spread their message to people who wouldn’t usually see it.

Western governments have put pressure on internet companies to identify support for terrorists on their services.

However, removing material can itself be tricky for the companies as they could be accused of censorship and bowing to political demands.