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Twitter is fighting 140-character blocks of terrorism on its platform.

The San Francisco-based social network said Friday that since the middle of the year it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts with suspected links to the terrorist group Islamic State. Twitter has increased the size of its teams reviewing reports of accounts connected to extremism.

"The rules make it clear that this type of behavior, or any violent threat, is not permitted on our service," Twitter said in a blog post detailing the actions.

Twitter said it has been working with groups including People Against Violent Extremism and has attended summits at the White House and the United Nations to help counter extremists online.

Disclosure of the account suspensions underscores the efforts social networks, including Facebook and YouTube, are taking to keep hate speech off their respective services. With hundreds of millions of people logging in each day, Islamic State and other radicals have found social networks to be fertile recruiting grounds. Social networks have increased the size of teams overseeing posts and traffic.