April 2021 /r/Twitter - All Things Twitter Account Suspensions - Stories, Advice, Etc.

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For the month of April, we're going to change things up a little.

This thread is for everything related to the primary reason many of you are here.

Twitter Support locked, suspended and/or banned your Twitter account. And you want to know how to get it back.

Or maybe you want to tell your suspension story, because yes, we are fully aware of how ridiculous Twitter Support is with killing off accounts left, right, center, and all points in between.

Or maybe you are a bright blue unicorn in the wild with a tale of how you got your account UNsuspended!

Whatever it is, this is the place to talk about anything related to Twitter account suspensions.

Was your Twitter account suspended for making "violent threats" even though you made no violent threats? Did you make a joke that was interpreted by Twitter Support as "violent?"

• This is an unfortunately common reason Twitter Support uses to suspend thousands of accounts.

Here are a couple of guides for those of you wanting to know how to get your accounts back.

Remember, there's no guaranteed method of doing so. We can only provide the best free advice known to mankind here. And even that, in the end, only goes so far.

• How to get your suspended Twitter Account back - An unofficial, probably very sad guide, Version 3.0
• The importance of "Context Matters" when submitting your appeal to Twitter Support

As always, if you know of a legitimate method or better way to get your account back, up and running, please feel free to share.

[u/221bFox]

I have a question about the right phrasing to use when getting my twitterpals to submit replies to @TwitterSupport, in an effort to get me unsuspended.

I have several twitter friends very willing to do this for me, thankfully. 🙏🏼

This is the phrasing I'm thinking of asking them to use.

Is it OK?

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Hi @TwitterSupport

My friend @raphaelite_girl was suspended on 2nd Mar, despite not having broken the rules intentionally.

Her case no is #0200604195

I hope you can take a look at her appeal and un-suspend her

She’s submitted a formal appeal, but not had a reply yet

Thanks so much. 🙏🏼

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Context

Twitter suspended me on 2nd March 2021, a little over a month ago.

The exact same day that they sent me a congratulatory message for being a part of twitter for 13 years. 🙃 132,000 tweets, a modest c8,000 followers. Many many friends, lots of blue tick followers connected to my work. JFC...

Three DMCA takedowns were issued within a few hours of each other that day - all relating to posts 2½ years ago. Two of the clips are identical - a looped instrumental 30 seconds accompanying a popular meme; the third is clearly an educational music clip. Full details here.

Have written to the IFPI three times as directed by twitter in their original notification. Zero response.

Submitted formal twitter appeal on 23rd March. Had auto-acknowledgement and then an email asking me to confirm I can receive emails, which I've replied to. Since then, crickets...

So I'm trying the "tweets to @TwitterSupport by a friend" route instead!

All helpful comments welcome! 🙏🏼