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posted by martyb on Monday July 15 2019, @02:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the who-you-talking-to dept.

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]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 15 2019, @06:04PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 15 2019, @06:04PM (#867267)

    open, decentralized solutions to this problem do exist, but it has not gained traction yet, for various reasons.

    https://zotlabs.com/ [zotlabs.com]

  • (Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Monday July 15 2019, @09:06PM

    by bobthecimmerian (6834) on Monday July 15 2019, @09:06PM (#867319)

    Twitter and other services have first mover advantages, huge marketing budgets, and low barriers to entry. 99% of Twitter (non-bot) users will only migrate to federated alternatives if a.) the onboard steps are equally easy and (showstopper) b.) the people they want are there.

    Don't get me wrong, I want Zap/Friendica/Diaspora/Mastodon/Pleroma/SSB/Fritter/Akasha to conquer the world. But until we the free software community can solve both a.) and b.) it's a pipe dream.