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Far-right Belgian student group among Twitter accounts suspended
6 monthes ago | By Politico
Twitter suspended the account of far-right Belgian student group Schild en Vrienden as part of a trawl of material that barred more than 50 accounts from its site.
In a statement to NBC News on Friday, Twitter said “the accounts in question were suspended for violating our policies in relation to violent extremism.” The decision followed the publication of a report this week identifying 67 accounts connected to the so-called Identitarian movement , a transatlantic group of white supremacists.
Belgian MP for the far-right Vlaams Belang, Dries Van Langenhove, used his personal Twitter...
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