Twitter decides not to delete inactive accounts

After a negative reaction from its users, Twitter decided not to delete inactive accounts until it found a way to remember the accounts of the deceased.

The microblogging platform on November 26 announced the final removal of inactive accounts from December 11 that have not been used for more than six months. The stock was supposed to affect the accounts held by the dead.

We have heard about the effect this will have on the accounts of the dead. It was miss on our part. We will not delete any inactive accounts until we create a new way for people to remember their accounts, ”Twitter said late on Thursday.

“So far, this only affects EU accounts. We always had an inactive account policy, but we did not apply it consistently. We start with the EU in part due to local privacy rules (e.g. GDPR), "added.

The company said that as part of its commitment to service public negotiations, it is working to clean up inactive accounts to provide more accurate and reliable information that people can trust on the entire platform.

The latest report states: “In addition to complying with the GDPR, we can expand our future inaction policy to comply with other rules around the world and ensure the integrity of the service. We will communicate with all of you if we do. "

"We apologize for the confusion and problems that we have caused, and we will keep you posted."

Facebook allows friends and relatives of deceased users to report them as deceased and creates a special page for sharing memories of this person.

There is currently no way on Twitter to remember someone else’s accounts after they are transferred, but the team is considering ways to do this.

Any account that has not been logged in for more than six months will receive a Twitter warning before the microblogging platform takes action.