Swordsmyth
12-20-2018, 11:27 PM
WikiLeaks staff are unable to access or post from the organization’s primary Twitter account or other accounts used by its staff and legal team, according to WikiLeaks editor-in-chief (https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/julian-assange-replaced-as-wikileaks-editor-in-chief-20180927-p506db.html) Kristinn Hrafnsson.
“These accounts are locked @wikileaks @assangedefence @wltaskforce @assangelegal and cannot be accessed,” Hrafnsson recently tweeted (https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1075855078723067904).
“They also seem to have been shadow banned. Should we be worried in these critical times?”
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/1_E6uji-AFl4Lj8ITL_cdKvQ.png
“To clarify, these accounts cannot be accessed and new tweets posted,” Hrafnsson added (https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1075864307039113216).
“Attempts to get this fixed through normal methods, when tech error have happened, have not worked. No replies to DM´s addressed to people who should be worried that accounts with 6 mill followers are frozen.”
These accounts are locked @wikileaks (https://twitter.com/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @assangedefence (https://twitter.com/AssangeDefence?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @wltaskforce (https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @assangelegal (https://twitter.com/AssangeLegal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and cannot be accessed. They also seem to have been shadow banned. Should we be worried in these critical times?
— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) December 20, 2018 (https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1075855078723067904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The primary WikiLeaks Twitter account (https://twitter.com/wikileaks) has 5.4 million followers and for years has been the primary means by which the organization has made public announcements, going so far as to say it is the only account authorized (https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/817538212709203968) to make statements on behalf of WikiLeaks. The Assange Defence account (https://twitter.com/AssangeDefence?lang=en), which is run by the legal campaign to free its founder Julian Assange from arbitrary detention and persecution, has 747,000 followers. The WikiLeaks Task Force (https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce?lang=en) account, which has been used to correct disinformation and combat corporate media smears about WikiLeaks, has 142,000 followers. The @AssangeLegal account, the account of justice4assange editor Hanna Jonasson, has 12,000 followers. All four of these accounts have per Hrafnsson been locked to prevent the use of those platforms and shadow banned.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-20/twitter-suddenly-locks-wikileaks-and-multiple-wikileaks-staff-accounts
“These accounts are locked @wikileaks @assangedefence @wltaskforce @assangelegal and cannot be accessed,” Hrafnsson recently tweeted (https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1075855078723067904).
“They also seem to have been shadow banned. Should we be worried in these critical times?”
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/1_E6uji-AFl4Lj8ITL_cdKvQ.png
“To clarify, these accounts cannot be accessed and new tweets posted,” Hrafnsson added (https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1075864307039113216).
“Attempts to get this fixed through normal methods, when tech error have happened, have not worked. No replies to DM´s addressed to people who should be worried that accounts with 6 mill followers are frozen.”
These accounts are locked @wikileaks (https://twitter.com/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @assangedefence (https://twitter.com/AssangeDefence?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @wltaskforce (https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @assangelegal (https://twitter.com/AssangeLegal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and cannot be accessed. They also seem to have been shadow banned. Should we be worried in these critical times?
— Kristinn Hrafnsson (@khrafnsson) December 20, 2018 (https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1075855078723067904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The primary WikiLeaks Twitter account (https://twitter.com/wikileaks) has 5.4 million followers and for years has been the primary means by which the organization has made public announcements, going so far as to say it is the only account authorized (https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/817538212709203968) to make statements on behalf of WikiLeaks. The Assange Defence account (https://twitter.com/AssangeDefence?lang=en), which is run by the legal campaign to free its founder Julian Assange from arbitrary detention and persecution, has 747,000 followers. The WikiLeaks Task Force (https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce?lang=en) account, which has been used to correct disinformation and combat corporate media smears about WikiLeaks, has 142,000 followers. The @AssangeLegal account, the account of justice4assange editor Hanna Jonasson, has 12,000 followers. All four of these accounts have per Hrafnsson been locked to prevent the use of those platforms and shadow banned.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-20/twitter-suddenly-locks-wikileaks-and-multiple-wikileaks-staff-accounts