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Twitter suspends New York Times account over offensive Nairobi terrorist attack photo.

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In a move that is seen as effort to stop media houses from glorifying terror attack and pushing terrorists propaganda, Twitter Inc has temporarily suspended Twitter account for New York Times photos . The Twitter account was earlier used to publish photos of dead civilians following an attack at Riverside Drive in Wes

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In a move that is seen as effort to stop media houses from glorifying terror attack and pushing terrorists propaganda, Twitter Inc has temporarily suspended Twitter account for New York Times photos . The Twitter account was earlier used to publish photos of dead civilians following an attack at Riverside Drive in Wes

Jan 15

Twitter suspends New York Times account over offensive Nairobi terrorist attack photo.

In a move that is seen as effort to stop media houses from glorifying terror attack and pushing terrorists propaganda, Twitter Inc has tempo...

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In a move that is seen as effort to stop media houses from glorifying terror attack and pushing terrorists propaganda, Twitter Inc has temporarily suspended Twitter account for New York Times photos .

The Twitter account was earlier used to publish photos of dead civilians following an attack at Riverside Drive in Westlands, Nairobi.. “I apologize on behalf of @nytimes and @nytphoto for causing anger and anguish over the photos that have been published with our reporting. Thank you,” Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura tweeted.

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