{"id":14221,"date":"2022-07-15T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:19:42","slug":"why-is-memphis-banned-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-is-memphis-banned-on-twitter","title":{"rendered":"Why is Memphis Banned on Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea0120286b3\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea0120286b3\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea0120286b3\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-is-memphis-banned-on-twitter\/#Why_is_Memphis_Banned_on_Twitter\" title=\"Why is Memphis Banned on Twitter?\">Why is Memphis Banned on Twitter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-is-memphis-banned-on-twitter\/#Twitter_bug_causes_suspensions_for_tweeting_the_word_Memphis\" title=\"Twitter bug causes suspensions for tweeting the word &#8216;Memphis&#8217;\">Twitter bug causes suspensions for tweeting the word &#8216;Memphis&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-is-memphis-banned-on-twitter\/#Users_claim_ban_was_unintentional\" title=\"Users claim ban was unintentional\">Users claim ban was unintentional<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-is-memphis-banned-on-twitter\/#Dorsey_says_ban_will_remain_no_matter_what\" title=\"Dorsey says ban will remain no matter what\">Dorsey says ban will remain no matter what<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_Memphis_Banned_on_Twitter\"><\/span>Why is Memphis Banned on Twitter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/lCQ0E5F.jpg\" style=\"height:auto; margin:0px 10px; width:auto; max-width:35% max-height:350px;\" alt=\"why is memphis banned on twitter\">  <\/p>\n<p>Why is Memphis banned on Twitter? The suspensions are caused by a bug. Apparently, the word &#8216;Memphis&#8217; is banned by mistake. Users claim it was an accidental ban, but Dorsey says it will remain. We will investigate further. In the meantime, read our article to find out more about the problem. After all, Twitter is the most popular social network, after all. Let us explore the reasons for Memphis being banned on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitter_bug_causes_suspensions_for_tweeting_the_word_Memphis\"><\/span>Twitter bug causes suspensions for tweeting the word &#8216;Memphis&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, a Twitter bug caused users to be suspended for 12 hours just for tweeting the word Memphis. The bug only affects unverified accounts. The team of the Memphis Grizzlies used the problem to test the bug&#8217;s effects. However, Twitter still hasn&#8217;t revealed why this bug occurs. Users were warned to remove the tweet immediately after posting it.<\/p>\n<p>The problem isn&#8217;t widespread, but it&#8217;s clearly frustrating for users who are using Twitter as a social network. Not only is the city synonymous with rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll, it&#8217;s also the birthplace of gospel and country music. The city is also the headquarters of FedEx. And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, the civil rights movement began right here. So, it&#8217;s no wonder that the city is in the spotlight. Despite its fame as the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis has been at the forefront of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, a recent bug on Twitter has made the city a forbidden word. Users who tweeted the word &#8216;Memphis&#8217; received automatic suspensions for 12 hours. Thankfully, they have been reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the bug, many Twitter users were banned from tweeting the word Memphis. Twitter did not explain the cause behind the bug, but said that the tweet violated its policies. Although the word &#8216;Memphis&#8217; is not illegal, it violates Twitter&#8217;s policy on publishing personal information. The bug has been fixed now, but Twitter has yet to explain why it occurred, or what it did to prevent it from happening again.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Users_claim_ban_was_unintentional\"><\/span>Users claim ban was unintentional<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Earlier today, Twitter temporarily banned users with the word Memphis from the site. But a bug has been fixed and accounts with the word were allowed to reappear after 11pm UK time. The word Memphis isn&#8217;t just used for a city on the Mississippi River in southwest Tennessee; it&#8217;s also the first name of a Dutch professional footballer named Memphis Depay. And it was once the ancient capital of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>While there are several possible explanations for the ban, the underlying bug may have been caused by an employee error, or by the way Twitter&#8217;s moderation guidelines prohibit the dissemination of personal information. In Memphis, for example, users tweeted the photo of Memphis Depay, and the account responded with the words &#8220;can we talk about him yet?&#8221; In addition to this, the official Twitter account of the US basketball team, the Memphis Grizzlies, also tweeted about the ban, which the company claims was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Twitter acknowledged that it had accidentally suspended the accounts of Memphis on Sunday but did not elaborate on why the error occurred. The platform has a rule against sharing private information and it seems as if the tweets containing the word Memphis have been sanctioned without reason. Users say the problem could have been caused by an employee error, but Twitter is not saying whether or not it was.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dorsey_says_ban_will_remain_no_matter_what\"><\/span>Dorsey says ban will remain no matter what<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologised for banning 600,000 accounts after a report claimed that one of the employees had violated its terms of service. Dorsey&#8217;s tweet also revealed that he&#8217;d applied a &#8220;shadowban&#8221; on the user, based on the behavior of accounts that followed him. He didn&#8217;t name any names, but he did say that he would enforce the ban regardless of how it affects other people.<\/p>\n<p>The ban on Twitter is not the first time that Dorsey has been banned from the site, but the latest case is far from the first. In 2016, the social media giant temporarily banned Dorsey from the site for allegedly sharing the address of a homeless person in Memphis. The ban, which is permanent, lasted just a few hours. The company has a long history of overstepping its moderation policies.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s ban on tweets that mention the city of Memphis is still under investigation. Twitter has temporarily suspended users from using the hashtag &#8220;Memphis&#8221; on the site. The ban was imposed despite the fact that most postal carriers require more specificity. The reason behind this is unclear. Dorsey&#8217;s statement does not address the reason for the ban. 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