Numerous reports of removal – and Skwawkbox’s own attempt to follow was reversed
Twitter has been accused of removing followers from the new US account of the Palestine Action group. The news was flagged by author Asa Winstanley:
While accounts can click the ‘follow’ button with apparent success, after a short time the follow is reverse. Skwawkbox attempted to follow the account yesterday, but by today the Twitter account was again showing as not followed:
And while the number of followers on the profile page fluctuates wildly hour by hour – 726 when the above screenshot was made and more than 4,600 at the time of writing – clicking through to see the account’s followers leads to a page suggesting it has none:
Palestine Action takes peaceful direct action against businesses and premises involved in the repression of, and violence towards, Palestinians. In particular, the UK arm of the group’s actions have achieved success against Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit’s UK manufacturing facilities – leading to the UK state’s increasingly draconian suppression via prosecution and the disruption of protests.
Supporters have characterised this apparent action by Twitter or state actors as further suppression of pro-Palestinian voices:
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