Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet

Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by pixl97 on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:10AM (#20714296)

Though that said, most law enforcement has a statute of limitations on crimes except the very worst of them like killing another human being. If you're going to go after a fossilized tweet, just remove it, locking accounts after that long seems rather silly unless they are posting new content against the rules.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by daybreak on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:22PM (#20718000)

Twitter isn't law enforcement though, and it would be a tough sell to hold them up to the same standard.

According to the screenshot, the author is free to have his account unlocked after the tweet is removed.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by m-p-3 on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:14AM (#20714326)

Even with law enforcement, there is something called statute of limitations for most minor crimes.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by M2Ys4U on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:21AM (#20714391)

Depends on the juristiction. The law of England and Wales, for example, does not have any time limitation for prosecution.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by hnaccy on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:19AM (#20714368)

Funnily enough, in law enforcement there is similar concept, in US it's called statute of limitations.

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