Twitter to Delete 1.5 Billion Inactive Accounts: Elon Musk

New York: Elon Musk, Twitter’s new CEO said the social media giant will delete and free names of 1.5 billion accounts that have been inactive for years on the platform.

“Twitter will soon start freeing the namespace of 1.5 billion accounts. These are obvious account deletions with no tweets and no login for years,” said Musk.

These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022

Musk also tweeted that the micro-blogging platform is working on a process to inform the users whether their tweets have been suppressed under a process known as “shadow banning”. This process can appeal against the ban.

He added, “Twitter is also working on a software update that will show your true account status, So you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal.”

Twitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you’ve been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022

 

The “Twitter Files 2” revealed that Twitter, under a secret group, made controversial decisions, including “shadow banning” high-profile users without informing former CEO Jack Dorsey.