Qatar's Al Jazeera Twitter account back after suspension - BBC News

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The Arabic-language account of Al Jazeera has been restored on Twitter after being suspended due to what the network called "An organised campaign".

The account, with just under 12 million followers, was suspended for an unspecified reason early on Saturday.

Twitter's rules state that an account can be suspended for three main reasons: because it is posting spam, because it has been hacked or compromised, or because it "Engages in abusive behaviour, like sending threats to others or impersonating other accounts".

A senior editor on the website wrote that there had been an "On going storm of mass reporting" of the account - of Twitter receiving significant numbers of complaints at the same time.

Accounts for Al Jazeera's different language services, as well as its Arabic-language breaking news account, had remained online.

Its website was blocked by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain in late May. On closing the broadcaster's offices this month, Saudi Arabia said it promoted terrorist "Plots", supported Houthi militias that Saudi Arabia is fighting in Yemen, and had attempted to "Break the Saudi internal ranks".

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