Twitter’s suspension of two accounts created by the Palestinian group opposing Israel and its military forces in the region is a cause of controversy. On the Al-Qassam website, they said, “The suspension of al-Qassam account by Twitter exposes the ‘unprofessional’ policy of the latest, and the total ‘bias’ to the Israeli occupation and real terrorism in the world. Moreover, Twitter seems subordinated to the American- pro-Israel organizations supporting terror against Palestinian people.”
This is the second time when Twitter has suspended their account. The first one was done on 9th January without any precedented warning. When the group engaged their followers via the new account, Twitter even suspended that within a short time. The Palestinian group feels cheated saying that they had not violated any policies made by Twitter and that their account provided the social media company any reason to suspend them.
The Israel Defence Force also highlighted the same through its Twitter acccount. They say, ‘Because Hamas is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under s219 of the USA’s Immigration Act, it is thereby “barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States”. By using Twitter, a company based in the U.S., Hamas was indeed violating the company’s Terms of Service.’
#Twitter has suspended the official account of #Hamas, a terrorist group that uses social media to threaten #Israel http://t.co/g1UxKc9fpf
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 14, 2014
Twitter did not have much to comment, they only said, “We do not comment on individual accounts, for privacy and security reasons.”
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