A Question About Twitter Suspensions
When I try to display Tweets from December 2017 with clear QAnon signals (hashtags, buzzwords, other markers) many return the message "cannot display tweet - account is suspended," which makes sense given what we are living through. However, I then go search for some of those same suspended Twitter handles and find while some are indeed suspended, others are not suspended. Some usernames with hundreds of thousands of tweets that go back to 2011, and were spreading #QAnon, #TheStormIsHere, #WhoIsQ, and #FollowTheWhiteRabbit and related content between December 8-12, 2017, are alive and well on Twitter. I have not seen this before and I cannot explain it. My question is: Can a Twitter account show as suspended for certain content on the same day it is live with older and more recent content? Have others encountered this? Can an account suspension be revoked or else applied to only certain content? One example of many I ran into today: I have a record of a Q-centric Tweet from a suspended account but the account itself is in fact live and following current other live Q-related accounts that also are not suspended. It follows only 72 accounts (a dazzling collection of Q-related conspiracy experts) but has almost 5,000 heavily MAGA-leaning followers, which takes a certain Internet dexterity to achieve. Is there a good paper out there on the legal and procedural actions related to suspended, semi-suspended, or suspended but then restored Twitter users? Dr. Stuart ShulmanU.S. Soccer Federation C-Licensed Coach
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