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Did she break the X ToS? Did Russian state actors compromise her account? Inside job? EDIT: Or mass reporting / brigading? With the publicity of this, I don

Did she break the X ToS? Did Russian state actors compromise her account? Inside job? EDIT: Or mass reporting / brigading? With the publicity of this, I don't think it will remain suspended for long - unless it turns out she somehow broke some rules...that said, I'd be amazed if she's not under 24/7 electronic surveillance by Russian state.

timeon 3y ago
This is not first time that it happened on Twitter. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-enabling-turkish-censorship-on-twitter-calling-it-his-choice/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-ena...
- andsoitis 3y ago
  There’s a long history of Twitter as well as X complying with government requests to censor information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter As a website / company you have to choose between operating within the rules of a jurisdiction or face a complete ban.
  - timeon 3y ago
    That is understandable. Unless you are 'free speech absolutist'.
    - andsoitis 3y ago
      > Unless you are 'free speech absolutist'. Not a contradiction. You can believe in absolute free speech but still be law abiding.
silverquiet 3y ago
My assumption (while knowing dick-all about Twitter's suspension mechanisms) would be a semi-coordinated flagging from a group of users. While it's hard not to notice the rightward tilt of the platform and the recent revelation of the right's fascination with authoritarians like Putin, they don't normally like to do things quite so obvious as banning their ideological opponents. I assume she'll be restored in short order.
- vilunov 3y ago
  Automated algorithms based on user-generated flagging or subscribers count is not an excuse for censorship and bans
  - zpeti 3y ago
    It is an excuse for temporary suspensions which happen all the time and are then restored. It’s probably impossible to do mass moderation any other way.
    - The_Colonel 3y ago
      It is possible, but it involves hiring, not firing people.
  - protomolecule 3y ago
    Facebook has absolutely no problem with the 'right kind' of censorship.
- TrackerFF 3y ago
  Probably the most likely answer. But I would also assume that X has some safe-guards for this, when it comes to popular/trending accounts. No doubt it is just a temp suspension until some human has looked at the case, but still - this came JUST after she had a public speech, and is talking against the Russian regime.
  - andsoitis 3y ago
    Her account is brand new (Feb 19) with only 3 posts as of this time of writing. https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya
wzdd 3y ago
... controverisal action on current event to ensure X stays in the news?

timeon 3y ago

This is not first time that it happened on Twitter. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-enabling-turkish-censorship-on-twitter-calling-it-his-choice/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-ena...

andsoitis 3y ago
There’s a long history of Twitter as well as X complying with government requests to censor information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter As a website / company you have to choose between operating within the rules of a jurisdiction or face a complete ban.
- timeon 3y ago
  That is understandable. Unless you are 'free speech absolutist'.
  - andsoitis 3y ago
    > Unless you are 'free speech absolutist'. Not a contradiction. You can believe in absolute free speech but still be law abiding.

silverquiet 3y ago

My assumption (while knowing dick-all about Twitter's suspension mechanisms) would be a semi-coordinated flagging from a group of users. While it's hard not to notice the rightward tilt of the platform and the recent revelation of the right's fascination with authoritarians like Putin, they don't normally like to do things quite so obvious as banning their ideological opponents. I assume she'll be restored in short order.

vilunov 3y ago
Automated algorithms based on user-generated flagging or subscribers count is not an excuse for censorship and bans
- zpeti 3y ago
  It is an excuse for temporary suspensions which happen all the time and are then restored. It’s probably impossible to do mass moderation any other way.
  - The_Colonel 3y ago
    It is possible, but it involves hiring, not firing people.
- protomolecule 3y ago
  Facebook has absolutely no problem with the 'right kind' of censorship.
TrackerFF 3y ago
Probably the most likely answer. But I would also assume that X has some safe-guards for this, when it comes to popular/trending accounts. No doubt it is just a temp suspension until some human has looked at the case, but still - this came JUST after she had a public speech, and is talking against the Russian regime.
- andsoitis 3y ago
  Her account is brand new (Feb 19) with only 3 posts as of this time of writing. https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya https://twitter.com/yulia_navalnaya

wzdd 3y ago

... controverisal action on current event to ensure X stays in the news?