James Foley beheading: Twitter 'actively suspending' accounts sharing graphic imagery

Twitter has announced that it is cracking down on the spread of gory images after video and screenshots apparently showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley were widely shared.

CEO Dick Costolo said that the company was “actively suspending accounts as we discover them related to this graphic imagery,” before linking to a New York Times article about Foley’s death. The micro-blogging site has recently said that it is stepping up its efforts to suspend accounts affiliated with the terrorist group Isis, although it will also take into account the public interest factor and “newsworthiness of the content.”