Twitter suspends Pakistani Foreign office spokesperson M Faisal's private account

[VCheng]

Thank you for your support once again, Syed Cheng.

I always like good entertainment, thank you for providing it in this matter by your demands as put forth above.

Thank you for your support once again, Syed Cheng.

Your comments on this:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/twit...esperson-for-pakistans-foreign-office.603047/

 

[Khanate]

I always like good entertainment, thank you for providing it in this matter by your demands as put forth above.

Glad to have reduced you to mere trolling. That was easy.

 

[VCheng]

Glad to have reduced you to mere trolling. That was easy.

I am not trolling at all. The ban was reversed, although one must wonder what led to it in the first place. Pity PDF could not get its own ban reversed.

 

[Khanate]

Your comments on this:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/twit...esperson-for-pakistans-foreign-office.603047/

I'll refer you back to:

How do you know there were no violations of Twitter rules from that private account? The ban is possible only after such violations. - Syed Ali Haider​

I am not trolling at all. The ban was reversed, although one must wonder what led to it in the first place. Pity PDF could not get its own ban reversed.

Ergo, more transparency into the process is needed.

 

[VCheng]

I'll refer you back to:

How do you know there were no violations of Twitter rules from that private account? The ban is possible only after such violations. - Syed Ali Haider​

Ergo, more transparency into the process is needed.

Of course, I said the same thing in the other thread as to why such an error as admitted by Twitter happen in the first place. I would suspect that someone determined a violation of rules based on an erroneous understanding, but supervisors are supposed to catch such shaky decisions, specially where high profile individuals are concerned such as Dr. Faisal. Or perhaps a tweet in violation was withdrawn and the ban reversed on appeal after compliance?

 

[Kompromat]

Twitter locked DGISPRs personal account too. Mahima Kaul is firmly in bed with BJP.

 

[Chanakyaa]

With Due respect, Is twitter owned by Indian Govt ?
Even Govt. of Pakistan can complain and Get a Tit-4-Tat.. No ?

 

[Khanate]

Of course, I said the same thing in the other thread as to why such an error as admitted by Twitter happen in the first place. I would suspect that someone determined a violation of rules based on an erroneous understanding, but supervisors are supposed to catch such shaky decisions, specially where high profile individuals are concerned such as Dr. Faisal. Or perhaps a tweet in violation was withdrawn and the ban reversed on appeal after compliance?

Speculation.

All you have is a PR statement, not facts. You are free to split hairs to demystify it but it won't go anywhere because Twitter does not have a transparent, verifiable process in place. Though I suspect bias plays a role in Twitter's decision making process and it needs to be confronted. Donald Trump's private Twitter account is a prime example.

 

[VCheng]

Speculation.

All you have is a PR statement, not facts. You are free to split hairs to demystify it but it won't go anywhere because Twitter does not have a transparent, verifiable process in place. Though I suspect bias plays a role in Twitter's decision making process and it needs to be confronted. Donald Trump's private Twitter account is a prime example.

Only Twitter and the account holder can shed reliable light on what happened. You are correct that anything else is speculation.

 

[Khanate]

Only Twitter and the account holder can shed reliable light on what happened. You are correct that anything else is speculation.

Except Twitter's implicit/explicit bias, of course, which is on display as Donald Trump's private Twitter account flouts Twitter's own rules.

• Donald Trump breaks Twitter’s rules, so why not ban him?
• Twitter’s Shifting Positions on Trump’s Tweets

 

[VCheng]

Except Twitter's implicit/explicit bias, of course,

Any claims of bias can be difficult to judge fairly without personal prejudices creeping in.

 

[Khanate]

Any claims of bias can be difficult to judge fairly without personal prejudices creeping in.

Difficult but not impossible and denialism will surely not solve the problem.

 

[VCheng]

Difficult but not impossible and denialism will surely not solve the problem.

Agreed. In any case the account that was the topic of this thread has been restored, so at least the error as it may or may not have existed has surely been rectified.

 

[Khanate]

Agreed. In any case the account that was the topic of this thread has been restored, so at least the error as it may or may not have existed has surely been rectified.

Of course, Twitter walked back its decision after the outrage. Though the incident raises more questions, regarding bias, explicit or otherwise. Once again:

According to reports, the FO spokesperson’s account (@DrMFaisal) on the micro-blogging site was suspended after some of his tweets “were reported to Twitter by the Indian government”.

Source: Twitter suspends FO spokesperson’s handle ‘on India’s complaint’​

 

[VCheng]

Of course, Twitter walked back its decision after the outrage. Though the incident raises more questions, regarding bias, explicit or otherwise. Once again:

According to reports, the FO spokesperson’s account (@DrMFaisal) on the micro-blogging site was suspended after some of his tweets “were reported to Twitter by the Indian government”.

Source: Twitter suspends FO spokesperson’s handle ‘on India’s complaint’​

As your link says: "While there has been no official statement over the suspension as of yet," then as you said above, it is all speculation, including claims of bias. May be if we knew what tweets were the ones that raised the issue we might speculate a bit more intelligently?