X social media platform restores account of Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, after brief suspension

Elon Musk’s X suspends Navalny’s wife

Elon Musk’s X has said an “error” saw the account of Alexei Navalny’s wife suspended just days after her Putin foe husband was “murdered”.

Yulia Navalnaya’s Account on X Briefly Suspended

Yulia Navalnaya’s account on Elon Musk’s X social-media service was briefly suspended, a day after it was used to help her challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin over the death of her husband. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused Putin of killing him in a video posted on her X account on Monday. That came as she announced she was taking over Navalny’s role as opposition leader after his death…

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X says it briefly suspended Yulia Navalnaya’s social media account due to error

The X account of Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was briefly suspended on Tuesday due to what the social media company said was an error caused by a system to prevent manipulation and spam.

X/Twitter Temporarily Suspends Account Of Alexei Navalny’s Widow

X/Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in what the platform said was a mistake. “Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules. We unsuspended the account as soon as we became aware of the error, and will be updating the defense,” according to X. The suspension quickly led to an outcry on…