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Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number by goranb on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:01PM (#19487975)
I tried to open a new account on Twitter app for Android, using only my email. It was going ok until it asked me to provide my phone after confirming my email. The reason: suspicious activity / spam behavior. The account is in limbo now, and I can't access it any more.

Time to spin up a Mastodon instance.

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Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number by RandomTisk on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:07PM (#19488004)
The same thing happened to me two years ago, though I had signed up with a PC with Gmail and my account was locked pending phone verification within an hour.
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Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number by plinkplonk on Monday March 25, 2019 @11:33PM (#19489091)
fwiw, if you challenge this, twitter will restore your account.
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