X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, said Tuesday it will update spam filters after it mistakenly suspended a new account created by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
“Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules,” X’s Safety account wrote in a post Tuesday. “We unsuspended the account as soon as we became aware of the error, and will be updating the defense.”
Navalnaya’s account was suspended a day after she vowed to carry on with her husband’s work against corruption in Russia.
“By killing Alexei, Putin killed half of me, half of my heart and my soul. But I still have the other half, and it tells me that I have no right to give up,” Navalnaya said, according to a Google translation of the Russian transcript.
“I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny. Continue to fight for our country. And I invite you to stand next to me. To share not only the grief and endless pain that envelops us and does not let go. I ask you to share my rage. Rage and anger towards those who dared to kill our future.”
According to independent Russian news outlet Mediazona, Navalyana’s account was restored about 30 minutes after its suspension.
The Anti-Corruption Foundation, which was started by Navalny, questioned Navalnaya’s suspension Tuesday morning.
“Hey @elonmusk! Please explain exactly which rules were violated by @yulia_navalnaya,” the post read.
Russia’s Federal Prison Service said Friday that the opposition leader, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, was not feeling well following a walk and lost consciousness.
President Biden blamed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for Navalny’s death in remarks from the White House Friday.
“Reports of his death, if they’re true, and I have no reasons to believe they’re not — Russian authorities are going to tell their own story,” Biden said.
“But make no mistake: Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death. Putin is responsible. What has happened to Navalny is yet more proof of Putin’s brutality. No one should be fooled,” he continued.
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