Twitter has been suspending more than 1 million fake accounts per day

Following the backlash of fake news and Russia's manipulation of social media during the 2016 presidential election, Twitter has been suspending more than 1 million accounts per day in recent months in an effort to combat the spread of false information, the Washington Post reports.

The big picture: The rate of suspension has doubled since October — around the time that Twitter first testified on the Hill along with representatives from Facebook and Google. More than 70 million accounts were suspended in May and June.