X says it briefly suspended Yulia Navalnaya's social media account due to error


Yulia Navalnaya the widow of Alexei Navalny reacts on the day of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels Belgium February 19 2024. REUTERSYves HermanPool

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, reacts on the day of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The X account of Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was briefly suspended on Tuesday due to what the social media company said was an error caused by a system to prevent manipulation and spam.

"Our platform's defence mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules," X said in a statement.

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