Navalny widow’s X account suspended after video; company calls it an error

[KARAH RUCKER]

LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER CREATING AN X ACCOUNT AND POSTING THIS VIDEO –

THE NOW-WIDOW OF ALEXEI NAVALNY HAD HER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. X SAYS THE SUSPENSION WAS DONE IN ERROR..

YULIA NAVALNAYA’S VIDEO MESSAGE WENT VIRAL.

GARNERING MORE THAN FIVE MILLION VIEWS ON THE PLATFORM.

THE CAPTION – “I WILL CONTINUE THE WORK OF ALEXEI NAVALNY. CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.”

HER HUSBAND WAS A WELL KNOWN CRITIC OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN  –

AND  RECENTLY DIED SUSPICIOUSLY WHILE IN A RUSSIAN PRISON.

MANY PEOPLE – INCLUDING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN –

SAY PUTIN WAS BEHIND HIS DEATH.

A MESSAGE ECHOED IN YULIA’S VIDEO ON X THAT BECAME UNAVAILABLE –

WHEN HER ACCOUNT WAS SUSPENDED.

NEWS OUTLETS SAY THE ACCOUNT WAS DOWN FOR 30 TO 50 MINUTES.

NEWS OF HER SUSPENSION FLOODED THE PLATFORM –

HER SUPPORTERS QUESTIONING **WHY HER ACCOUNT WAS UNAVAILABLE.

AFTER REINSTATING THE ACCOUNT – “X” SAID IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY FLAGGED BY ITS AUTOMATED SECURITY PROTOCOLS.

X POSTED “OUR PLATFORM’S DEFENSE MECHANISM AGAINST MANIPULATION AND SPAM MISTAKENLY FLAGGED YULIA AS VIOLATING OUR RULES. 

WE UNSUSPENDED THE ACCOUNT AS SOON AS WE BECAME AWARE OF THE ERROR, AND WILL BE UPDATING THE DEFENSE.”

ONE OF THE KEY MOMENTS FROM YULIA’S VIDEO –

IS ACCUSING RUSSIA OF HOLDING ONTO HER LATE HUSBAND TO CONCEAL THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

NAVALNY’S FAMILY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THE RELEASE OF NAVALNY’S BODY.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE REPORTEDLY TOLD THE FAMILY IT WON’T BE RELEASED FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE WEEKS.