Twitter users cry fowl over suspension of accounts

Reports that Twitter India had suspended the account handles of several users set the social media platform abuzz on Saturday. While some said that they had done nothing that could be classified as "spam" for their account to be disabled, others claimed that only "right-wing" Twitter handles had suffered the suspension. 

Accounts that suffered the new Twitter high handedness .. @wallflower_ish @rupasubramanya @AgentSaffron @Sushuptii

— shilpi tewari (@shilpitewari) November 1, 2014

Turns out another well-known RW handle Rahul Roushan's account also suspended. WTF is going on?

— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) November 1, 2014

 

Message displayed at 10 a.m. on trying to access @rahulroushan

Looks like the account is restored. Have lost 4k followers. #FollowRahulRoushanToProtestAgainstTwitterIndia

— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) November 1, 2014

 

@Stupidosaur tweeted a screenshot of the notification he received from Twitter with terms and conditions to get his account back. 

What the heck. @Twitter had suspended my account. And the first checkbox didn't even show what I accepted. pic.twitter.com/9JGrYvoqAJ

— StupidosaurOn (@Stupidosaur) October 31, 2014

 

@rupasubramanya asked people to look through her timeline and point out which tweet had got her account suspended in the first place.  

Meanwhile, Raheek Khursheed of Twitter India said he could not offer any definitive reason for the suspensions, but would look into the problem.

.@rupasubramanya Have no context to this. Anything I say right now will fall in the realm of speculation. Will check. @vdehejia

— Raheel Khursheed (@Raheelk) November 1, 2014

@rupasubramanya Mine was suspended too this morning (cause unknown) but later unsuspended on my request. @Sushuptii

— Newspaper Reader (@readernewspaper) November 1, 2014

Wish I had taken a screenshot of what I had to do to get my a/c unsuspended but @TwitterIndia clearly told me I had to change my "behaviour"

— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) November 1, 2014

Although some accounts are now back and running online, Twitter is ablaze with speculations of why the action was taken. 

My a/c has been suspended twice. Once for 4 days. Twitter India wanted me to write *Parody Account* in my Twitter Bio & change display name

— LOOTyen's Anchor (@justicearnab) November 1, 2014

My 2 paisa - this account suspension thing could be a technical issue. More likely than intentional suspension

— Babak Khorramdin (@AgentSaffron) November 1, 2014

@barbarindian @rupasubramanya I'm nt sure if even Twitter had such an innocuous excuse, they do now. :-)

— Ashutosh (@Maveric1128) November 1, 2014

 

While some tried to figure out why their accounts were suspended and made sure to tweet their disgruntlement, others did not miss the opportunity to take a dig at Twitter India.

As Twitter India starts suspending handles, today I wouldn't poke any politicians. Thanks!

— Satirical Engineer (@NewtonKaBaap) November 1, 2014

Shehzad speaks on behalf of Twitter India: "Don't worry, suspended accounts go directly to jannat"

— cricBC (@cricBC) November 1, 2014

Just blocked Twitter India. Let's see if they get suspended. They said Suspension of accounts wasa case of automated function that went awry

— Suresh En (@surnell) November 1, 2014

Just because Twitter india and RS Prasad have deliberately ignored my account, to drown my sorrows shall be watching Happy New Year...err..

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) November 1, 2014

Relax guys, Twitter India ne BJP se samarthan wapas le liya hai. Suspended accounts will be back once Amit Shah makes a call.

— Donald Duck (@WatDaDuck_) November 1, 2014

Where you can find better suspension system in India? 1. Mahindra Scorpio 2. Indian Police and, 3. Twitter India.

— Mr. Bun (@MrFunyMan) November 1, 2014 

Awww, are the right-wingers sad now that all the attention's gone & it's turned out that even non-Hindutva bhakts had suspended handles?

— Brown Sahiba (@Rajyasree) November 1, 2014

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