A reporter's Twitter account that reported that a political commentator's Twitter account was hacked is banned, Twitter claims that it is 'policy violation'



The Twitter account of

Matt Walsh , an American political commentator, was hacked, and he interviewed the hacker who hacked and reported on the hacking. It is reported that the account was banned on April 19, 2023.

Matt Walsh's Twitter Account Appears to Have Be Hacked
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/matt-walsh-twitter-hacked/



Twitter Seemingly Suspends 'Wired' Reporter over Twitter Hack Report – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/matt-walsh-wired-reporter-dell-cameron-twitter-suspension-1234720045/



Journalist Banned From Twitter After Reporting on Hack of Matt Walsh's Account
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dell-cameron-banned-from-twitter-after-reporting-on-matt-walshs-account-getting-hacked

The Hacker Who Hijacked Matt Walsh's Twitter Was Just 'Bored' | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/matt-walsh-twitter-hack-doomed/

Mr. Walsh's account, which had been doing far-right words and deeds on Twitter, was hacked, and on April 18, 2023, he suddenly posted posts mocking conservative activists who had praised in the past, inappropriate posts, etc. The we. Within an hour, Walsh's account was locked by Twitter and inappropriate posts were deleted.

In response to this commotion, Mr. Cameron contacted a hacker called 'Doomed' who hacked Mr. Walsh's account. I managed to secure an appointment for an interview.

According to Cameron, Doomed, with the cooperation of insiders, accessed Walsh's Twitter account, Google, Microsoft accounts, etc. using a method called `` SIM swap fraud ''.




On the other hand, Doomed claims that the account hacking was 'not intended to cause financial harm to Mr. Walsh, but to cause controversy and confusion on Twitter.' Doomed also said, 'I didn't intend to continue to torment Mr. Walsh by hacking my account, and I intended to return access rights in the future.'

However, just hours after Cameron reported on Walsh's Twitter account hacking, Cameron reported on Mastodon that his Twitter account had been banned.




Regarding the ban on Cameron's account, Twitter said: 'For the direct distribution of hacked content that contains personal information, that may expose people to physical harm or danger, or that contains trade secrets. You are not authorized to use our services.' However, Twitter's policy at the time of the explanation states, 'Sources of information obtained through leaks or hacks are held accountable to Twitter, government agencies, and others. We recognize that it may serve as the basis for important reporting by news agencies intended to inflict damage,' allowing us to post using partially hacked material.




Foreign news media Forbes said, ``The hacked private text was not published in the Wired article, but even mentioning the existence of the hacked material seems to violate Twitter's policy. It is,' he points out .

'Neither the Wired article nor Cameron's Twitter post contained any material that was hacked,' Wired's managing editor Hemal Javeri said. I don't think I've violated it,' he said.




In addition, when Mr. Javeri made an inquiry to Twitter, he was not able to obtain a satisfactory answer, and asked for Mr. Cameron's account to be restored and an explanation from Twitter.




On April 20, 2023, Ella Allerwin , head of trust and safety at Twitter, said, ``We do not allow the posting or distribution of hacked or illegally obtained materials. We also do not allow threats to expose anyone through public communication or information sharing,' he said, adding, 'Mr. Cameron did everything in his tweets that violated Twitter's policies.' doing.


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