Twitter Is Responding to ‘Potentially Abusive Behavior’ With 12-Hour Time-Outs

Several Twitter users have shared screenshots of warning messages issued by the social network, alerting them about “potentially abusive behavior” and limiting “certain account features” for 12 hours.

During that 12-hour period, only followers of those users’ accounts can see their Twitter activity.

The messages from Twitter read:

We’ve temporarily limited some of your account features.

What’s going on?

Creating a safer environment for people to freely express themselves is critical to the Twitter community, so if behavior that may violate the Twitter Rules is detected, certain account features become limited.