4 hours agoTwitter suspends politicians' accounts in Serbia, some of them Vuciqi party members
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The Twitter company has suspended the accounts of some MPs and politicians of the Serbian Progressive Party, which is in power in Serbia, and of a government official. Among the people whose account is suspended on the social Twitter network is Arno Gujon, director of the Directorate for Co-operation with the diaspora and Serbs in the region, i [...]
Among the people who have been suspended account on the social Twitter network is Arno Gujon, director of the Directorate for Co-operation with the diaspora and Serbs in the region, who has been appointed to this position in 2020 by the Government of Serbia.
“Twitter just suspended my account where I had 34,000 followers, without giving an explanation of”, Gujon said through a Facebook post.
Even though Gujon is known to the public in Serbia as a humanitarian helping Serbs in Kosovo, his political activity is linked to the identity movement of the extreme right.
Twitter suspended the accounts of 12 members of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of current President Aleksandar Vuciq.
Among the suspended accounts is the account of the nongovernmental CRTA organisation that monitors the work of the Assembly. Among those who have been suspended on Twitter are: Nevena Djurovic, Sandra Bozic, Milica Nikolic, Jelena Obradovic, Aleksandar Markovik, Krsta Janjusevicq, Dusan Radojevic, Jelena Z Mirjet-Kovacevic, Alexandra Tomic, Stasa Stojanovic, Zoran Tomovic and Andrijana Vasic.
The Twitter company also suspended the accounts of several senior SNS members, including the mayor of Belgrade, Miroslav Cuckovic, as well as Slavisa Micanovich, who according to the media, leads the SNS media team.
The Twitter company has not commented immediately on the suspension of accounts by Serbian officials.
As reported on the official page, Twitter has the right to suspend accounts if these accounts violate company regulations.
The majority of the accounts that we suspend, are suspended because they are false or they pose security risks for Twitter or for those which Twitter uses”, the site says.
The Twitter website also says that accounts can be suspended if the same are suspected of being hacked. The suspension of such cases lasts until the account returns to the owner.
The company can also suspend accounts if they are at odds with company policies. / REL
