Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu had his Twitter account briefly suspended Thursday for “aggressively following” other users, just hours after it was launched.
“Twitter says it’s ‘sorry for the inconvenience’ over our suspension. We got caught up in a spam clean up. Glad it wasn’t something we said,” Tutu tweeted soon after he was unblocked.
Twitter says it’s ‘sorry for the inconvenience’ over our suspension. We got caught up in a spam clean up. Glad it wasn’t something we said.
— TutuLegacy (@TutuLegacy) August 8, 2013
His foundation expressed dismay at the decision.
“Twitter has not explained how following 30 people could be construed as ‘aggressive following’,” it said in a statement.
“I hope the powers that be at Twitter find it in their hearts to fix the problem and let us communicate again,” Tutu’s daughter Mpho said.
