\tTwitter backed down over plans to implement a mass purge of inactive accounts after users slammed the company for failing to first make provision to maintain the profiles of the deceased.<\/p>\n
In a series of tweets, the company acknowledged the “impact that this would have on the accounts of the deceased\u201d, adding the lack of a policy for such circumstances \u201cwas a miss on our part\u201d.<\/p>\n
The social media giant pledged it will not remove any inactive profiles before creating \u201ca new way for people to memorialise accounts\u201d.<\/p>\n
Users reportedly responded badly to the plan to begin deleting accounts [1] deemed inactive from December, a move BBC News tipped as the largest clean-up of Twitter’s user base to date, potentially involving millions of accounts.<\/p>\n
Twitter said it might broaden its policy regarding inactive accounts around the world in the future to comply with local regulations and \u201cto ensure the integrity of the service\u201d.<\/p>\n
The company admitted it had an inactive account policy since it was founded in 2006, but hadn\u2019t enforced it consistently.<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/apps\/news-apps\/twitter-plans-mass-account-purge\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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