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Electronic crimes squad helps Twitter close accounts over child porn

The Greek electronic crimes squad said that it informed Twitter yesterday of two users who were distributing child pornography via their accounts.

Twitter shut down the accounts after receiving notification from the Greek police, which had been alerted to the fact that indecent images were being exchanged by complaints from other Twitter users.

The electronic crimes squad traced the two accounts and has informed police in the respective countries where the Tweets emanated from.

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