Former US intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden slammed Twitter CEO Elon Musk claiming that his spouse’s account has been locked from the microblogging web site. Snowden stated Lindsay Mill’s account was locked after she uploaded an image of her holding their bare child. ”Twitter simply locked my spouse @lsjourneys ‘s account for an historic child picture that even *spineless Instagram* had no drawback with. Do mother and father want to fret? Are child butts, pleased tub pictures, and so forth. banworthy now?,” he tweeted.

In one other tweet, he questioned the Twitter boss, and stated: “Does this appear to be pornography to you, @ElonMusk? If in case you have a machine handing out bans for photos that could possibly be on a Hallmark Card, it is time to dial again the algorithm. Simply my opinion.”

The image left netizens divided, with some saying they do not see something “inappropriate” about it, whereas others opining that it should not have been shared on a public account because it could possibly be misused. One person wrote, ”Given these predators generally share youngster abuse supplies that embrace infants, your spouse’s picture was most likely caught within the broader internet meant to take away that materials. By guide attraction I’m certain she’ll be restored. No system is ideal.”

One other commented, ”I do not see something inappropriate about this picture AND I do not really feel prefer it deserves shutting down somebody’s account-but I really feel prefer it may need additionally been extra appropriately shared with a small group of simply her household and shut pals, maybe through a textual content message or comparable.”

”It’s possible you’ll not publish media that’s graphic or share violent or grownup nudity and sexual behaviour throughout the dwell video or in profile header, Record banner pictures, or Group cowl pictures,” a tweet learn.

Snowden had fled the US after leaking secret Nationwide Safety Company information in 2013 and was given asylum in Russia final yr. He married Mills in 2017 and the couple has two youngsters.