Twitter recently decided to delete one of the biggest accounts defending Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. The group @Unity4J was banned from the website. As reported by the owners of the account, Twitter removed the account without any prior warnings or providing an opportunity to appeal the decision.
The account was heavily involved in various online discussions and rhetorical battles related to the case of Julian Assange who is currently waiting for a trial in the UK.
Assange is a well-known journalist/whistle-blower who managed to anger many influential powers. Multiple attempts of political assassinations did not work as the world took a protective stance. Millions across the globe consider the case of Julian Assange an important ground to stand to protect our freedom of speech.
Unity4J tried to retweet a message and noticed that the account was removed. At first, account operators thought the issue was strictly technical and tried to access the account from multiple devices. However, their attempts were futile. Christy Dopf, one of the Unity4J operators, said that she wrote to the technical support team but did not receive any answer to why the account was banned. Dopf then tried to write an appeal. The support case is currently open, meaning that there is still hope that Twitter could revert their decision to remove a very important account that puts in efforts to defend Mr. Assange.
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