Conservative Extremists Whine Over Russian Bot Purge #TwitterLockOut

Conservative Twitter users are crying foul as overnight Twitter seems to have done a purge of thousands of accounts that might have been deemed "bots" or fake automated accounts.

Such accounts were mentioned in the recent indictment against 13 Russian actors by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

While Twitter has made no announcement as to the nature of the "purge," far-right conservatives are calling the action the work of "communists" and "fascists."

I'll be curious to see what Twitter has to say when they finally come forward with some explanation.

As with all tragedies, I want to make sure I send my "thoughts and prayers" to those affected. I'm sure that will make it all better ;)

I lost around 4000 or so. https://t.co/HZRz0y4aJM

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 21, 2018

I've lost close to 1,000 followers offer the past few hours.

Major purge underway.

— Richard 🐉 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 21, 2018

Twitter is currently purging the followers on conservative accounts only. I just lost 3000 followers in one minute. Check out the trending hashtag to confirm that it is ONLY conservative accounts that are being affected.
Holding for an explanation...#twitterlockout

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 21, 2018

Trumpers try to understand; the followers you are losing tonight are not real people. They were bots and @Twitter decided enough was enough. You aren’t being censored. You are being awakened to the FACT that you were engaging with hostile foreign agents! #TwitterLockOut pic.twitter.com/zK7RSlm8Rg

— Corey Reynolds (@coreyreynoldsLA) February 21, 2018

If, like me, you didn't lose ANY followers, that means the Russian bots didn't care about you. https://t.co/byVT0A6gWh

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) February 21, 2018

I didn't lose 1.

— Boy Culture Blog (@mattrett) February 21, 2018

Twitter banned a ton of Russia-linked bot accounts from the platform and Republicans are crying that their free speech is being censored!

👏Russian👏bots👏aren’t👏entitled👏to👏free👏speech👏

#TwitterLockOut

— Travis Allen 🌊 (@TravisAllen02) February 21, 2018