https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/07/12/top-assange-defense-account-deleted-by-twitter/
One of the biggest Twitter accounts dedicated to circulating information and advocacy for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, @Unity4J, has been completely removed from the site. The operators of the account report that they have been given no reason for its removal by Twitter staff, and have received no response to their appeals.
Any Assange supporter active on Twitter will be familiar with the Unity4J account, which originated to help boost the wildly successful Unity4J online vigils in which well-known Assange defenders would appear to speak out against his persecution. As of this writing, the account has been gone for a day and a half.
"About 8:45am CST on Thursday July 11, one of our Unity4J Twitter team members went to retweet on the account and noticed that the account was no longer accessible," reports pro-Assange activist Christy Dopf, one of the operators of the account. "When each of us also attempted to access the account we all received the same message 'Account Suspended'. Twitter did not send us a reason or violation for the suspension. So an appeal was submitted. We did receive correspondence that Twitter got our request and the case is currently open. Unfortunately we do not have a timeline on how long this could take."
[Ed. note: The linked story variously uses "suspended", "removed", and "deleted"; seemingly interchangeably. When attempting to load "https://twitter.com/Unity4J the response was:
Account suspended
This account has been suspended. Learn more about why Twitter suspends accounts, or return to your timeline.
so it appears that there may be hope for the account to be unsuspended; time will tell. --martyb]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 15 2019, @03:12AM (8 children)
My guess is that it was "found to promote violence or hatred" and most probably because somebody replied something obnoxious and Twitter found it good enough scapegoat.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 15 2019, @03:23AM
My guess is that someone(s) inside Twitter is an Assange fan and somehow, miraculously, a dump of that account will appear on a server, somewhere.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday July 15 2019, @05:09AM (4 children)
My guess is on the line of banking block Wikileaks experiences since 2010 [theguardian.com].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: -1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 15 2019, @07:01AM (3 children)
Ditto here. Someone in power wanted the account deleted, so cronies obeyed. Let's remember that the D's hate Assange for turning on Shrillary. In America, good liberals hate freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Unless, of course, your speech and your press are politically correct.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday July 15 2019, @04:18PM (2 children)
The D's felt Assange was acting as a journalist and chose not to go after him.
As soon as Trump took office he decide Assange was an evil hacker and decided to go after him.
Your statement is the complete opposite of reality.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 15 2019, @04:29PM (1 child)
Can't we just ̶n̶u̶k̶e̶ drone this guy?
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 16 2019, @05:45PM
Actions speak louder than words. Did they drone him?
If you want to talk about words then your Turd-In-Chief is a bit more deserving of your fine logical acumen. Oh, also HRC is not a true liberal. She is closer to what Republicans used to be before Reagan took a giant dump in your brains.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday July 15 2019, @09:17AM (1 child)
My guess is that his legal defense took it down to make it easier to find a jury that knows fewer details about Assange in preparation for his trial.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 15 2019, @12:14PM
Or that visit to the paedo beach in France wherein he left with a little girl and her mom.
CIA: This video evidence should be well within your capabilities, and no one will ever stand with him after it!