An email from Twitter to The Washington Post on Thursday, April 9, said it took down hundreds of accounts tweeting under hashtags defending the response of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to the coronavirus pandemic.
Twitter said the accounts in question violated their policies against platform manipulation and spamming which include posting of duplicate content across multiple accounts, making duplicate or multiple accounts, and sending a large number of unsolicited replies or mentions.
Under Twitter’s rules and policies on platform manipulation and spam, it is said that the platform may not be used if it is “intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience.” This policy also prohibits misleading others by “operating fake accounts” which engage in “spamming, abusive or disruptive behavior.”
This action came after the surge of hashtags in support and of dissent to the President that climbed the top trending topics on Twitter Philippines following his late-night public addresses on COVID-19. Some of these hashtags include #OustDuterte, #IStandWithThePresident, #ICantStandThePresident, and #OursDuterte.
The Washington Post report follows other similar takedowns reported in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Honduras, Serbia, and Indonesia.
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