Twitter accidentally takes 'enforcement action' on Nunes account, says its 'been reversed'
'The enforcement action was taken as a result of the account’s failure to complete an anti-spam challenge that we regularly deploy across the service'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Twitter accidentally took "enforcement action" on Republican Rep. Devin Nunes’ account but said it has "since been reversed."
Nunes, R-Calif., was locked out of his account this week for about 10 minutes, a source told Fox News, after Twitter’s automated systems took action on the account for failing complete an anti-spam challenge.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Our automated systems took enforcement action on the account in error and it has since been reversed," a Twitter spokesperson told Fox News. "The enforcement action was taken as a result of the account’s failure to complete an anti-spam challenge that we regularly deploy across the service."
Twitter said the error only affected Nunes' account, but that it "deploy[s] anti-spam challenges all the time."
In recent months, Nunes has largely stopped using Twitter and instead uses Parler.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Eerily quiet here in the Twitter Sewer," Nunes tweeted on his personal account. "Thought for a second I went to MySpace by accident. Many people I follow have been vaparized by left wing tech tyrants."
He added: "Hopefully they will reappear on Parler and Rumble."
Nunes, in 2019, filed a lawsuit against Twitter seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against the company and a handful of its users, accusing them of "shadow-banning conservatives."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The lawsuit alleged defamation, conspiracy and negligence.
A Virginia judge last year ruled that Nunes’ case against the social media giant had no merit.
The judge said that federal law — Section 230 — prevents social media platforms from being held liable for posts made by third-party users.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Republicans have questioned whether social media giants should still be afforded liability protections under Section 230 — a rule that shields social media companies from being held liable for content on their platforms while allowing them to moderate that content.