Man’s Twitter Account Permanently Frozen Over Mosquito Death Threat

Yep. That’s a headline.

According to this, Twitter permanently froze a Japanese man’s Twitter account, because he celebrated the death of a mosquito. I am not making this up. Apparently, Twitter didn’t realize he was talking about a mosquito and not threatening an Actual Human Being.

“Bastard! Where do you get off biting me all over while I’m just trying to relax and watch TV? Die! (Actually you’re already dead),” the man tweeted.

BANNED.

I should also note, a picture of the mosquito accompanied his tweet, so it should’ve been pretty clear what he was referring to.

One thing to mention, though, that Twitter apparently did not realize: He was talking about a mosquito, which is also what his picture showed. As RocketNews24 reports, it appears an automated program flagged the account by searching for certain words and phrases.

 

The user, who is now tweeting as @DaydreamMatcha, received a notice from Twitter reading, “Thank you for using Twitter. Your account has been frozen because it was used to send messages containing threats. Tweets containing threats are not allowed under our terms of service. This account cannot be reactivated. Thank you for your understanding.” “My account was permanently frozen after I said I killed mosquitoes … this is a violation?” the user tweeted to Twitter Japan from his new account.

Meanwhile, several ISIS accounts are still active. Get it together, Twitter.