A woman says Twitter banned her for criticizing Taylor Swift — but there's more to the story than that
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The INSIDER Summary A woman says she was suspended from Twitter for criticizing Taylor Swift. Those tweets are still getting notifications for some reason. When Twitter suspends an account for harassment, the harassing tweets are supposed to be totally deleted from the site. Twitter says her account won't be restored. A woman says she was suspended from Twitter for criticizing Taylor Swift following the release of her track "Look What You Made Me Do."
"No offence but is taylor swift ever gonna grow out of her 'i wrote your name in my burn book' phase she's a grown ass woman," she wrote from her now-suspended Twitter handle, @themoodforluv.
@jeonjamal/Twitter
The tweets were rendered invisible following her suspension on August 28, three days after the tweets were posted.
Bizarrely, the user's critical tweets about Swift are still getting retweets and likes.
"I still get mentions on that account whenever someone mentions @themoodforluv," the user, now tweeting under a second account, @jeonjamal, told INSIDER. "Somehow that one tweet was still getting likes even days after I got suspended. I have no idea why."
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/903286143176896512
i think the funniest part about this whole thing is that this demonic tweet is still somehow getting likes on my suspended acc pic.twitter.com/R2p646MwGp
@jeonjamal/Twitter
When an account is suspended for harassment, the offending posts are supposed to be deleted, according to Twitter policy. The user's tweets about Taylor Swift are still visible, suggesting she may have been banned for different posts. The account was suspended three days after her viral Taylor Swift posts.
The suspension may be an anti-harassment measure from Twitter. When Taylor Swift was harassed last year during a feud with Kim Kardashian, Instagram introduced a feature that cleaned up her comments of spammy remarks.
But the user, who prefers not to be identified with her real name, said she thinks her account was suspended because of her invectives against Swift.
"I had Taylor fans in my mentions for days, and I'm assuming they're the ones who reported me because that's the only tweet of mine that got 'negative' backlash, even though most people agreed with me," she told BuzzFeed News.
The user said she's tried to appeal her suspension, but she's only gotten automated emails from Twitter saying her account won't be restored.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/902886163605839872
@delbius i'm sorry you probably get tons of these every day but i've been permanently suspended & mass reported over an inoffensive opinion pic.twitter.com/ox499y1VYs
A representative for Twitter declined to comment on the record regarding the closed account, citing the company's policy of not commenting on individual accounts.
Nevertheless, the tweets are still gaining steam. Even Swift fans are coming to @jeonjamal's defense.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/903031669929717761
Maybe try this? https://t.co/eMXH9ajckU
I disagree with your opinion, but no one should ever get shut down like this for a Tweet. Good luck
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/905210971366588416
i disagree with you too but damn that is so stupid that they suspended you! go0d luck
And other people are pointing out how bizarre it is that one user is suspended apparently because she criticized Swift while many self-proclaimed white supremacists and Neo-Nazis continue to use Twitter.
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/903212719935016960
so @TwitterSupport are rlly out here suspending someone because they told taylor swift to grow up but let nazis roam about on this site... pic.twitter.com/m4GoJ5aUsa
https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/903147609400934400
lol @TwitterSupport give @themoodforluv her acc back she was unfairly mass reported by fans over smth inoffensive, wdym 'targeted abuse'