Twitter outrage over 'suspension' of accounts

NEW DELHI: Twitter timelines of most Indian users were abuzz on Saturday due to a controversy about some accounts being 'suspended'.

The term 'Twitter India' was also trending all over India with Twitter users pouring out their outrage over the issue.

It all started when Twitter accounts of some media personalities including former WSJ India columnist, Rupa Subramanya, Faking News (a satire and humour website) Editor Rahul Roushan, and Newslaundry.com's Arunabh Saikia were allegedly suspended.

Rupa Subramanya tweeted that Twitter had sent her a warning that her account would be permanently suspended if she doesn't change her "behaviour."

She also alleged that Twitter was suspending accounts of right-wing personalities including those of @AgentSaffron, @Sushuptii, @wallflower_ish, @sureshnakhua, and @readernewspaper.

Another user with the handle @Stupidosaur also alleged that his account was suspended and posted a screenshot of the communication received from Twitter. The message informed that the account was caught up in spam groups by mistake but it was also possible that one of his tweets or retweets appeared to be spam. The message also mentioned that he needed to change his behaviour to continue using Twitter or his account would be permanently suspended.

Later, Twitter India via its account tweeted that the suspension of some accounts was accidental and that the issue had been resolved. The tweet said, "The issue with the accidental suspension of some accounts has been resolved. Regret the inconvenience. Thanks for your patience."

It's worth noting that Twitter mentions a number of reasons for account suspensions including spamming, abuse, harassment, username squatting, invitation spam, selling usernames, malware, phishing and pornography, among others.

However, there seemed to be more than meets the eye behind the latest incident, believed several users who sent out a number of tweets and RTs panning Twitter India for an 'unannounced censorship'.

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