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永久凍結されたX(Twitter)アカウントの凍結解除させた

今年(2023)の4月に突然永久凍結されたXアカウントがついに復活したので、どのような経緯と対応をしたのかメモしておく。
結果的な印象としては、最近になって異議申し立てをした結果永久凍結が解除されたという話をネットでもちらほら見かけたため、Xのサポート体制が改善されたのかもという感じ。


突然の警告なし一発永久凍結

ある日アプリを開いたらいきなり凍結されていた。ちょうどTLでも凍結祭りの話は出ていたり、運営体制の変更で不穏な雰囲気はあった時期だったが、自分自身はそれまでに一時凍結や警告を受けたことも一切なく青天の霹靂永久凍結であった。
アカウントを紐づけているメールアドレスの方には以下のような通知が来ていた:

Your account, shinpuuu211 has been suspended for violating the Twitter Rules.
Specifically, for: 
Violating our rules against evading suspension.

Note that if you attempt to evade a suspension by creating new accounts, we will suspend your new accounts. If you wish to appeal this suspension, please contact our support team. If you have an active Twitter Blue subscription, it will not be automatically canceled by Twitter. To cancel your Twitter Blue subscription, follow these instructions.

Twitter notify@twitter.com

永久凍結の理由が「凍結回避のためのルール違反」ということ、また「凍結を回避するために新規アカウントを作成した場合、新規アカウントを凍結する」と指摘されている。この凍結回避のポリシーについて確認すると、以下のような記述があった:

Circumventing an X enforcement action (such as a permanent suspension) by creating accounts or repurposing existing accounts to replace or mimic a suspended account is a violation of the ban evasion policy; it will result in permanent suspension at first detection.

X's policy on ban evasion | X Help (twitter.com)

要するに「(一時)凍結を回避するために新アカウントを作ったり別アカウントを使うのはルール違反なので、お前を永久凍結したぞ」というようなことらしい。

…まあこの規約ページはメールに記載のTwitter Rulesのリンクからは辿っていけなかったり、やはりイマイチ運営部分が不穏な感じではある。更に余談だが、メールの通りBlue加入者は永久凍結されても自動で契約解除にもならないようなので、それも酷い話というかやっぱりかなり運営不穏なところがあると思う。

そしてそもそも論として、私はそれまで10年以上この同じアカウントでTwitterをやっているツイ廃であるが、先に書いたようにこれまで一時でも凍結や何らかの警告を喰らったことがない。「凍結回避のためのルール違反」というのはおかしいわけである。そもそも回避しようにもそれまで凍結されたことがないのだから。

しかし、アカウント自体は用途を分けて複数持っていたので、それらを使い回しているうちにうっかり一時凍結していたのか…?(一日に何度もTwitterを開くツイ廃なのにそんなことあるか?とは思ったが)ということで、とりあえず異議申し立てをすることにした。日本語サポートより英語の方がまともという噂なんかもあったので、色々例文などを探したりChatGPTに直させたりして、凍結異議申し立て窓口に以下のような文章を送った。

Dear Twitter Support,

I am writing to request a review of the permanent suspension of my Twitter account, executed on 2023/04/10 for violating Twitter’s rules "Violating our rules against evading suspension." My account handle is @shinpuuu211.

I am confident that I can prove that the violation was unintentional or a result of a misunderstanding, since I have been used my Twitter account @shinpuuu211 about 10 years without causing any problems or violations. In addition, that's why this account is essential to me as I use it for both personal and professional reasons for long time. The permanent suspension of my account might gravely affect my relationship both of friends and businesses.

Hereby I would like to offer the reasons that my account should not be permanently suspended:

- While I understand that I have several accounts, my intention has not been evading the suspension. I used these accounts for purely different purposes, such as personal communications with friends, or promoting my activities. To reach the different preferences of followers, it is the reasonable choice to have different accounts for each objectives. I have never used these accounts to harass others, cause trouble or take illegal actions.
- Since I have been less used some of these accounts, I already deactivated these unnecessary account. I hope this action appeal to you about my expression for the unintentionally of the evading the suspension.
- My account is permanently suspended without warning. I don't believe that I have ever been warned about my tweet is against the rules and asked to delete it. I concern that it is unfair to suspend an account permanently without warning, especially for "evading the suspension", although the account has never violated the rules themselves because there are no reason to evade the suspension which is never even suppose to apply. If it had been the case I was warned about any of my violation beforehand, I would be willing to take the actions to resolve the problem including deleting the tweet.

I hope that these additional information and evidence help in your review of the permanent suspension of my Twitter account and its decision-making process. I am willing to comply with any requirements or guidelines that you may have to ensure that my account is reinstated.

I would appreciate it if you could review my case and consider unlocking my account if the situation warrants it. I am willing to provide any necessary information or documentation to support my request for reinstatement.

Best regards

長々と書いてあるが、要するに「永久凍結されたけど以下の通り誤解だと思うので、凍結解除して欲しい」ということである。なるべく規約を鑑みてそれと照らし合わせてこの永久凍結はおかしいですよね、ということを書いてある。

結果的に言えばこれは意味がなかった。時期を空けて微妙に文面を変えて2,3回送ったが、そもそも何の反応もなかった。当時ネット上でも「サポートがダメ」みたいな話は頻発していたので、一旦諦めて放置した。

サポートの反応が良くなってきたらしいのでリトライしてみたが

数ヶ月くらいしてふと思い出してもう一度同じようなものを送ってみると、メールにオートレスポンスだと思うが反応が返ってくるようになっていた

Hello,

We received your request to have your account reinstated.

Please respond to this email with the reason you believe your account suspension was in error and/or the reason you are requesting an appeal.

Once we receive your response, we will review and provide a follow up response with the outcome of our review. If this request is for an account reinstatement under our new criteria, please allow 3-5 days for us to review and respond. In some instances, it may take us longer to get back to you.

Thanks,
Twitter

Twitter Support support@twitter.com

「凍結が不当だと思われる理由を添えて、このメールに返信してください」というので、「申し立てフォームに全部書いたやろがい」と思いつつ、数日で対応するというので同じ内容のものを返信してみた。
今考えてみると不味かったなと思うのが、返信時に変にメールにスタイルがついているのに気づかずに送信してしまい、送信済みメールのフォーマットがおかしくなっていた。もしかしたらこれでスパムかと思われて弾かれたのかもしれない。
とにかくこの時は「3-5日返答時間をいただきます」と書いてあるにもかかわらず、結局それを過ぎても何の反応もなかったのでまた放置していた。

解決

また数ヶ月してどうしても過去ツイートのログを確認したい事情があり、最近になって解除方法を再度検索してみた。すると、私と同じような警告なしの永久凍結を最近になって解除したという記事があった。基本的には、ポリシーと対応についての理念の部分にXの対応が違反しているのではという部分を指摘する:

  • ポリシーのDoes the user have a history of violating our policies?の部分、「まずはユーザーに悪意がないと想定し、問題があれば本人に指摘し修正を促す」というポリシーに警告なし永久凍結が違反するのでは

  • ポリシーに従えば、せめて凍結のそもそもの理由は通告されるべきでは

というところを突っ込んで解決したということだったので、前述の文面にそのような文章を追加して試してみた。なお元の記事は日本語記事だったので(すみませんがメモ忘れました)、日本語で日本サポート宛に送っても大丈夫かもしれない。

Dear X Support,

I am writing to appeal the permanent suspension of my X account @shinpuuu211, executed on 2023/04/10 for violating X 's rules on "evading suspension".

I believe that this violation was unintentional or a result of a misunderstanding. I have been using my Twitter/X account for about 10 years without any previous problems or violations. The suspension may adversely affect my relationships with friends and businesses.

First of all, I would like to offer the following reasons why my account should not be permanently suspended:

- While I acknowledge that I have several accounts, my intention has never been to evade suspension. I use these accounts for different purposes, such as personal communications with friends or promoting my activities. I believe it is reasonable to have separate accounts for different objectives to cater to the preferences of my followers. I have never used any of these accounts to harass others, cause trouble, or engage in any illegal actions.
- I have already deactivated some of these accounts since I stopped using them, and I hope this action demonstrates my unintentional evasion of suspension.
- My account was permanently suspended without any warning. I have never been notified that any of my tweets violated the rules or asked to delete them. I believe it is unfair to suspend an account permanently without any prior warning, especially for "evading suspension." There was no reason for me to evade suspension as my account had never violated any rules. If I had received any warnings about my violations beforehand, I would have taken action to rectify the issue by deleting the tweet.
- Besides, it is concerning that my account was permanently suspended without any prior warning or an opportunity to rectify the issue, especially for an alleged violation of "evading suspension." I would like to draw your attention to the specific section of X's policy that mentions the steps taken before permanent suspension: "Does the user have a history of violating our policies? ... We start from a position of assuming that people do not intend to violate our Rules. Unless a violation is so egregious that we must immediately suspend an account, we first try to educate people about our Rules and give them a chance to correct their behavior." on the page "Our approach to policy development and enforcement philosophy". I had never been notified that any of my tweets violated the rules or asked to delete them, nor my account temporarily suspended for warning, which is inconsistent with the policy's emphasis on educating users and providing a chance to correct their behavior. This lack of communication and education is a matter of concern, and it raises questions about the fairness and transparency of the suspension process. I hereby insist that you at least should inform me of the first reason for the violation, which you believe I attempted to "evade suspension" for.

Finally, I found out that the appeal case 0337004355 has been closed before I received any response from your team after my initial appeal and your request for additional information, and then my response email to the request. I understand that these matters require thorough review, but I believe that the specified period for review of 3-5 days, as mentioned in your initial response email, has been exceeded for months. Therefore, I kindly request that you provide an update on the status of my appeal within a reasonable timeframe at this time.

I hope that the information and evidence I have provided will help in your review of my account's suspension and its decision-making process.

I would appreciate it if you could review my case and consider unlocking my account if the situation warrants it. I am willing to provide any necessary information or documentation to support my request for reinstatement.

Thank you for your time and attention.

これを送るとまたオートレスポンスが返ってくるので、再度同じものを返信としてメールで送ったところ、翌日には凍結解除通知メールと共に凍結解除されていた。

We’re writing to let you know that we've unsuspended your account. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you back on Twitter soon.

A little background: we have systems that find and remove multiple automated spam accounts in bulk, and yours was flagged as spam by mistake. Please note that it may take an hour or so for your follower and following numbers to return to normal.

If you need to get in touch with us again, please file a report through your Twitter app or our forms page, as this account isn’t monitored for replies.

ちゃんと凍結背景も書かれているので、対応もそれなりにされているっぽい。他の記事でも「ちゃんと対応してくれるサポートに当たるまでリトライする」というようなことが書いてあったので、何回かやらないとダメなこともあるかも。

再度になるがサポート体制が変わってきて前よりマシになっている可能性があるので、同じような感じで諦めている人は凍結解除チャレンジしてみるといいかもしれません。ぐっどらっく!

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