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A personal Twitter account belonging to Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee was suspended without warning or explanation, according to the senator. After about an hour after his tweet, the account appeared to be restored. In a response, Elon Musk stated that the account was “incorrectly flagged as impersonation.” This suspension is the second time in a month that Twitter has briefly suspended a sitting US senator. In February, Twitter temporarily suspended Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines’ account over a profile photo that violated Twitter’s policies. Eventually, Musk later personally reached out to Daines and restored his account.
My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers. pic.twitter.com/1llVm4fVu3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2023
His personal account (@BasedMikeLee) was incorrectly flagged as impersonation, which is not totally crazy, since it is based
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 1, 2023
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