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05-31-2018, 02:34 PM
Here's why Twitter's locking people out of their accounts
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It's been just a few days since Europe's GDPR rules went into effect (https://mashable.com/2018/05/25/what-is-gdpr/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) and the regulations have already had a pretty disastrous effect on a large number of Twitter users.*
Over the past week, the company's been suspending the accounts of people who joined Twitter before they were 13 — even if they're now older — due to new European privacy laws.
SEE ALSO: The mute button is Twitter's most underrated feature (https://mashable.com/2018/05/04/twitter-mute-button-rules/)
It's not clear just how many accounts have been affected, but a look at the r/Twitter (https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitter/) subreddit and the #TwitterLockout (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwitterLockOut?src=hash) hashtag shows a substantial number of users have reported suspensions in recent days. VentureBeat also reports (https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/29/twitter-is-locking-out-those-who-change-their-birth-dates-users-say/) that at least one business account, which had listed a "birthdate" as the company's founding date, had also been suspended.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/30/why-twitter-is-locking-people-out-of-accounts/)
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Over the past week, the company's been suspending the accounts of people who joined Twitter before they were 13 — even if they're now older — due to new European privacy laws.
SEE ALSO: The mute button is Twitter's most underrated feature (https://mashable.com/2018/05/04/twitter-mute-button-rules/)
It's not clear just how many accounts have been affected, but a look at the r/Twitter (https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitter/) subreddit and the #TwitterLockout (https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwitterLockOut?src=hash) hashtag shows a substantial number of users have reported suspensions in recent days. VentureBeat also reports (https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/29/twitter-is-locking-out-those-who-change-their-birth-dates-users-say/) that at least one business account, which had listed a "birthdate" as the company's founding date, had also been suspended.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/30/why-twitter-is-locking-people-out-of-accounts/)
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