Two social media accounts representing the Arizona Senate’s review of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County were suspended for violating Twitter’s rules Tuesday.
QUICK FACTS:
- The accounts @ArizonaAudit and @AuditWarRoom were suspended as of Tuesday by Twitter for “manipulation and spam, citing a statement from the company,” according to azcentral.com.
- The suspensions are permanent, according to BuzzFeed.
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BACKGROUND:
- The accounts were operational since the beginning of the audit in late April.
- The @ArizonaAudit account had nearly 100,000 followers.
- .@ArizonaAudit had described itself as the official profile of the Senate liaison for the election recount.
- It is unclear who exactly runs either of them.
- The suspensions come a week after one of the accounts accused Twitter of “shadow banning and interfering” with the profile, according to azcentral.
- The Arizona Capitol Times said, “When the Arizona audit began, the public had two avenues to receive information – former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett and the Arizona Audit Twitter account – three months later, it has neither.”
- The Washington Examiner notes that “The now-suspended audit account claimed in a May post that “Maricopa County deleted a directory full of election databases from the 2020 election cycle,” calling it “spoliation of evidence!” That directory was later recovered by audit workers.”
