Twitter Blocks picture of murder victim and bans murderer
Twitter bites back: Mosquito killer banned for posting bloody death picPublished time: 31 Aug, 2017 09:55Edited time: 1 Sep, 2017 11:24Get short URL
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16310A man was banned from Twitter for posting the bloody corpse of one of his victims… a mosquito.Twitter permanently deactivated the Japanese man’s Twitter account after he tweeted about a mosquito he killed, complete with a photo of the dead insect.The man wrote from his Nemuismywife account: "Where do you get off biting me all over while I'm just trying to relax and watch TV? Die! (Actually you're already dead)."Before long, the man received a notification from Twitter to say his account had been frozen and couldn’t be activated.“Your account has been frozen because it was used to send messages containing threats,” the notification read, SoraNews24 reports. “Tweets containing threats are not allowed under our terms of service. This account cannot be reactivated.”The man then set up another account, DaydreamMatcha, to vent his frustration at the decision.
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© Paulo Whitaker / Reuters16310A man was banned from Twitter for posting the bloody corpse of one of his victims… a mosquito.Twitter permanently deactivated the Japanese man’s Twitter account after he tweeted about a mosquito he killed, complete with a photo of the dead insect.The man wrote from his Nemuismywife account: "Where do you get off biting me all over while I'm just trying to relax and watch TV? Die! (Actually you're already dead)."Before long, the man received a notification from Twitter to say his account had been frozen and couldn’t be activated.“Your account has been frozen because it was used to send messages containing threats,” the notification read, SoraNews24 reports. “Tweets containing threats are not allowed under our terms of service. This account cannot be reactivated.”The man then set up another account, DaydreamMatcha, to vent his frustration at the decision.
蚊を殺害したら前のアカウントが永久凍結されました、これは違反行為でしょうか？"My previous account was permanently frozen after I said I killed a mosquito. Is this a violation?" he tweeted at Twitter Japan.The tweet received over 33,000 retweets, but, unfortunately, his original account hasn’t been reactivated.The decision to ban someone for tweeting about killing a mosquito was met with ridicule and outrage on the micro-blogging platform.
Twitterは徳川綱吉ですか？ pic.twitter.com/bNh4pI8pTb— Sice (@DaydreamMatcha) August 26, 2017
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FollowErαѕerOddιтy @EraserOddityReplying to @BBC_HaveYourSayAnd yet this is OK... Hmm... [image error]
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