X, formerly known as Twitter, has blocked dozens of accounts of Spanish broadcasters and media outlets without prior notice. Users have recovered activity less than 24 hours after they were apparently taken down by an internal bot search program.
According to one of those affected, Mari Luz Congosto, the cause could have been a cleanup of bots that X announced at the beginning of April and that has also affected accounts in other countries. EL PAS asked the company about the reasons for this wave of suspensions and whether they are temporary or permanent. The communication department has an automatic response activated that says they are very busy and ask me later. One of Elon Musk's first measures after taking over Twitter in October 2022 was to lay off thousands of workers (80% of the workforce), including practically the entire company's communications team. The suspended accounts had no clear common link. Many of them are from women communicators. In the absence of official explanations, a debate has been generated on the social network itself about this veto, and there is talk of a possible update of the algorithm.