The illustrious twitchy team documented the many instances of sexual harassment at Tahrir Square in Egypt, which precipitated the creation of a twitter account aimed at organizing women and others against these attacks.
This is one example just posted today:
Mob sexual assault – rape – near Hardees and Omar Makrum mosque today, one foreigner one egyptian girl. We must stop this #Tahrir #Egypt
— Bel Trew – بل ترو (@Beltrew) November 27, 2012
Very soon after, the @tahrirbodyguard account was suspended:
@youranonnews@twitter just suspended@tahrirbodyguard, which was a collective effort to fight sexual assault at #tahrir protests #egypt
— Nadia (@aecetia) November 27, 2012
. @tahrirbodyguard is warning women of unsafe areas in #Tahrir & raising awareness of sexual assault. Only @twitter suspended them!
— Ellen (@EmileFriant) November 27, 2012
Did twitter think they violated the terms of service or were they asked to shut it down?
UPDATE: TwitchyTeam has more details.
