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‘I’m looking to sue’: Black activist says Twitter banned her as ‘Russian bot’

26-10-2017 < RT 77 135 words
 

Among the 201 Twitter accounts suspended from the platform for “Russian interference” in the 2016 US election was an African-American activist from Atlanta. Now she has come forward, telling RT she may sue the company for the unjustified suspension.


Twitter banned the 201 accounts in September, citing “prohibitions against spam” and other rule violations. Additionally, the company found 179 accounts that were “linked or related” to those banned by Facebook. Multiple media outlets, including Reuters, the New York Times and CNN, called the accounts “Russia-linked.”


RT has spoken to a banned Twitter user, who says she was swept up in the anti-Russia operation.




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