They are told only that their accounts will not be restored, and they are told which of Twitter's rules the company claims were violated. In addition to community guideline policy decisions, the Twitter DMCA-detection system and spam-detection system are sometimes manipulated or abused by groups of users attempting to force a user's suspension.
In January 2019, Twitter formally provided information on instances where governments have attempted to utilize Twitter for 'foreign information operations'. Some commentators, such as technology entrepreneur Declan McCullagh and law professor Glenn Reynolds, have criticized Twitter's suspension and ban policies as overreaches of power. Twitter frequently responds to media enquiries about suspended accounts with 'We do not comment on individual accounts, for privacy and security reasons.' History īetween 20, Twitter suspensions were frequently linked to ISIL-related accounts. Twitter repeatedly shut down accounts that spread ISIL material, but new ones popped up quickly and were advertised with their old Twitter handle Twitter in return blocked those in what was called an ongoing game of Whac-A-Mole.Ī 'Twitter suspension campaign' began in earnest in 2015, and on one day, 4 April 2015, some 10,000 accounts were suspended. By August 2014, Twitter had suspended a dozen official ISIL accounts, and between September and December 2014 it suspended at least 1000 accounts promoting ISIL.
