Twitter removes posts celebrating attack in Nice - CNET

Twitter reacted to the truck attack in France last week by quickly deleting pro-attack tweets.

The attack, in which a truck rammed a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, killed 84 people and injured another 200. In the first hour following the attack, at least 50 accounts appeared on Twitter using #Nice in Arabic to praise the violence, according to watchdog group Counter Extremism Project.

"The first tweet praising the attack was released five minutes after the attack," a spokesman for the Counter Extremism Project said. "It was a profile showing the face of a French foreign terrorist fighter and a happy face."

In response, Twitter rapidly removed the celebratory accounts and tweets.

"Twitter moved with swiftness we have not seen before to erase pro-attack tweets within minutes," the Counter Extremism Project said. "It was the first time Twitter has reacted so efficiently, including Orlando last month."