Twitter suspends @DarthPutinKGB account mocking Vladimir Putin
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[URL="http://www.politico.eu/article/twitter-suspends-darthputinkgb-account-mocking-vladimir-putin-russia-spoof-parody-social-media/"]SOURCE 1[/URL]
[URL="https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/twitter-apparently-had-no-idea-this-parody-account-was-a-par?utm_term=.ybRMlbDLP#.edbzd4jYg"]SOURCE 2[/URL]
[URL="http://www.rferl.org/content/rip-darthputinkgb/27770647.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed"]SOURCE 3[/URL]
[QUOTE]A number of accounts spoofing Russia and its leaders have been banned from the social media site.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]A popular Twitter account impersonating Russian President Vladimir Putin has been suspended, the latest in a series of accounts spoofing Russia and its officials to be banned from the social media site.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The @DarthPutinKGB account, which had more than 50,000 followers, was no longer visible Tuesday afternoon, with a brief note explaining “This account has been suspended.”[/QUOTE]
Man, fuck Twitter.
FYI twitter automatically (temporarily) suspends accounts if they get a ton of reports at once.
Put down your pitchforks
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;50433225]FYI twitter automatically (temporarily) suspends accounts if they get a ton of reports at once.
Put down your pitchforks[/QUOTE]
[B]NO[/B] fuck twitter!!!
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;50433225]FYI twitter automatically (temporarily) suspends accounts if they get a ton of reports at once.
Put down your pitchforks[/QUOTE]
Well if anything, it probably indicates that they should probably just have the "ton of reports" thing just send a "red flag notification" to Twitter HQ, and have a bunch of actual humans check out whether its actually harmful. That way the system isn't as easy to abuse.
Either way, we have no idea whether this was just a bunch of disgruntled average Joes or a crack team of Russian astroturfers. Though either cause would suck, whether it be trolling or genuine Russian "goosestomping".
Tons of reports or not, Putin isn't exactly well known for being a carefree man.
I mean, they literally banned Putin-memes in Russia.
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