Anonymous releases list of Isis-linked Twitter accounts, asks social network to remove users

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of online activists has released a list of accounts, in the hope of pressuring Twitter to ban the users from the site. While Anonymous and other groups are often referred to as hacktivists, using computer hacking to get their results, it’s just as likely that the group assembled the list by searching through sites using certain keywords. In a post announcing the list, online group XRS One said that it had been “created by hundreds of users and compiled by #CtrlSec”. “The more attention it gets the more likely it becomes Twitter takes action in removing these accounts and making a serious impact on the ability of ISIS to spread propaganda and recruit new members.” While Twitter appears to be taking down all of the accounts on this and similar lists, its rules do not actually outlaw being a member of Isis or supporting the group.