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Twitter has suspended the account of the Alpha Media Holdings ( AMH) owned newspaper NewsDay on reasons that are not yet known.
The American microblogging and social networking service said the account can only be suspended there is violation of its policy like abusive tweets,spam or when the account security is at risk.
“We may suspend an account if it has been reported to us as violating our Rules surrounding abuse. When an account engages in abusive behaviour, like sending threats to others or impersonating other accounts, we may suspend it temporarily or, in some cases, permanently.”
NewsDay has however said it has not been involved in any activity that is against twitter policy and they confirmed that their account has not been hacked.
Commenting on the suspension, NewsDay sister paper, The Standard newspaper said twitter’s action is a violation of press freedom.
“NewsDay is a critical watchdog in Zimbabwe in its role as a press in a democratic society. By suspending its Twitter account, @TwitterSupport is suppressing freedom of the press. Is @Twitter silencing democratic voices?”
According to Twitter’s policy, accounts that threatens other people or promote violence will be suspended
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