New Zealand-based China expert Anne-Marie Brady’s claims her Twitter account was temporarily restricted on July 4, after she posted a link to an op-ed criticising the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 100th-anniversary celebrations.
“Here are the two tweets which were made ‘unavailable’ and led to my account being suspended. Seems one must never make fun of the Dear Leader,” she wrote.
Twitter has denied censoring Brady.
“We can confirm that Twitter did not take any action against any of the tweets made by the referenced account. When we detect unusual activity from an account we may, in some cases, add notices temporarily until we have confirmation from the account owner. In this case, the account in question has already been recovered.”
One Twitter user suggested that Brady may have been subjected to an online campaign where multiple users complained about her post and triggered a review process.
Brady has faced intimidation for her efforts to expose the CCP in the past.
In June, the Nigerian government suspended Twitter indefinitely after the social media giant removed posts from President Muhammadu Buhari.
In May, Twitter flagged posts by party leaders as “manipulated media,” including content from a spokesperson from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Indian government has responded by tightening regulations around the social media giant.