Conservative Twitter Users Lash Out After Followers Vanish
- Twitter has actively been deleting fake automated accounts
- Conservative users have long accused Twitter of unfairness
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Some conservative Twitter Inc. users are accusing the company of unfairly targeting their followers as it steps up efforts to get rid of fake or abusive accounts.
Prominent conservative pundits and activists said Wednesday that thousands of their followers had been deleted overnight. Other users said they received messages from Twitter asking them to confirm they were real people before being allowed to keep using the service. The hashtag #TwitterLockOut was trending in the U.S., meaning thousands of accounts were tweeting about it.