Twitter customers have been lately shocked to study that the microblogging platform was automatically suspending the accounts of folks tweeting the word “Memphis”. Dozens of Twitter customers reported that their accounts had been suspended or restricted just after they tweeted the innocuous seven-letter word, reports Ladbible. It was reported that these who tweeted “Memphis” received a message from Twitter informing them that they would be locked out of their account for 12 hours.
“You may not publish or post other people’s private information without their express authorization and permission,” Twitter’s warning study, according to screenshots of these impacted accessed by Newsweek.
After a number of folks flagged the concern on Sunday, Twitter mentioned it had been triggered by a bug and had been fixed. “A number of accounts that Tweeted the word ‘Memphis’ were temporarily limited due to a bug,” mentioned Twitter, adding that the bug had been fixed and the accounts restored.
A quantity of accounts that Tweeted the word “Memphis” have been temporarily restricted due to a bug. It’s been fixed and the accounts have now been restored. We’re sorry this occurred.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 14, 2021
Several media outlets reported that the concern was initial noticed by customers who have been attempting to tweet about the Dutch soccer player Memphis Depay.
On Sunday, the French soccer club Olympique Lyonnais had shared a photo of the athlete and asked, “Hey, @Twitter – can we talk about him yet?”
Hey, @Twitter – can we speak about him however? ???? pic.twitter.com/nVn3nY9zBb
— Olympique Lyonnais ???????????????? (@OL_English) March 14, 2021
Twitter has not explained what triggered the bug or revealed how a lot of accounts have been impacted by it.