<2> X Suspends 800 Million Accounts in 2024 Over Spam and Manipulation
<3> Background
X, a social media platform, has taken significant steps to combat state-backed campaigns on its website. According to < class="link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/x-suspends-accounts-massive-scale-manipulation-attempts-russia" target="_blank">The Guardian, Wifredo Fernández, X’s head of global government affairs, told UK’s MPs that the platform suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 to combat platform manipulation and spam.
<3> The Suspensions
The suspensions occurred over a 12-month period in 2024. X suspended the accounts for violating its rules on platform manipulation and spam. Russia was allegedly behind most of the accounts that were flooding the website with spam, followed by state actors from China and Iran. The Russian accounts were trying to “stoke division” and disseminate a “particular type of narrative” to manipulate the 2024 US Presidential Elections.
<3> Continued Efforts
Fernández also claimed that the attempts to manipulate discussions and spam on the service aren’t done yet. “There are