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sf_rob on Feb 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter says an attacker used its API to match use...

My account was locked, I never sent a single tweet or even followed anyone, just refused to provide them more information about myself.

Polylactic_acid on Feb 6, 2020 [–]

Same, looks like twitter just locks any account that isn't active enough for some reason.

JaRail on Feb 6, 2020 | [–]

So people don't generate thousands of accounts then sit on them until they want to spam with legit-looking seven year old accounts.

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