Twitter also announced it was no longer under an FBI gag order over national security letters [Reuters]Social media giant Twitter announced it has suspended 636,248 accounts since the middle of 2015 as the company steps up efforts to counter "promotion of terrorism" around the world.
In its latest transparency report published on Tuesday, the company said 376,890 accounts were shut down in the last six months of 2016.
The move comes as social networks are under pressure from governments around the world to use technology tools to lock out individuals promoting religious violence, and others who use the platforms to recruit and launch attacks.
The microblogging platform also announced that the FBI had informed the company it was no longer under a "gag order" that prevented the disclosure of five cases involving "national security letters" - special requests from the US law enforcement agency in national security cases.
As a result, Twitter was able to inform the affected users of the FBI requests.
"As we continue to push for more transparency in how we can speak about national security requests, we will update this new section in future transparency reports," Twitter said.
The San Francisco-based company also announced the number of government requests for user data rose 7 percent from the prior six-month period.
Twitter said it partnered with a third-party company to catalogue content removed from the platform [Reuters]
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