Call it a coincidence or call it a coordinated attack. Last week an influential twitter user who goes by the handle “India_policy” found that his account had been abruptly suspended by Twitter. The suspension took place within hours of his tweeting something against Arvind Kejriwal. A screenshot of that tweet was shared by Arvind Kejriwal among his AAP trolls on Twitter and boom, India_Policy the account was suspended, probably after mass reporting by AAP fans:
https://twitter.com/India_Policy/status/790518675388321792
https://twitter.com/India_Policy/status/790968602354524160
Although the official reason given by Twitter was that the user had multiple accounts, a twitter account which specialises in suspending other accounts claimed credit for this suspension, claiming that the account India_Policy was “abusive” :
https://twitter.com/SurgicalHero07/status/790542859330064385
The fact was the account was never abusive, as was testified by Twitter users:
https://twitter.com/vivx/status/790733481777045504
https://twitter.com/shreyanshr/status/790854418765787137
https://twitter.com/Aryanwarlord/status/790808545637924864
Today, something similar happened. Another extremely popular Twitter account, that of GabbbarSingh, which is well known for its funny tweets, was suddenly suspended. The common thread: just hours before his suspension, he too had mocked Arvind Kejriwal. And Twitter users were aghast at this arbitrary move again:
https://twitter.com/centerofright/status/793345685525364736
https://twitter.com/NehaT_/status/793349861441581056
https://twitter.com/ainvvy/status/793346813055029248
https://twitter.com/vjshanks/status/793402778206867456
The user behind the account though wondered whether it was related to a tweet he posted about Shah Rukh Khan’s fans. But he was quick to add that it would highly odd if he was suspended for that, since many others had tweeted similar material: “But many had tweeted similar things, and it was also picked up by mainstream media. I don’t understand why they would suspend me for that,”
As of now, the account GabbbarSingh is suspended, and people on Twitter have no clue. Is it a mere coincidence that both the accounts had mocked Arvind Kejriwal and AAP hours before their suspension?
UPDATE: The account is back and it claims that the reason was something else:
https://twitter.com/GabbbarSingh/status/793439094512594945