Popular ‘Anonymous’ Twitter Account Suspended

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Updated 1:15 p.m. EST: Twitter has reinstated the account in question. 

@YourAnonNews,” a popular Twitter account associated with the Anonymous hacktivist collective appeared suspended on Wednesday. The Twitter account regularly disseminated news of self-described Anonymous members’ hacking activities and links to other current events news coverage on issues such as civil liberties and drugs, topics it thought would be of interest to Anonymous sympathizers. 

Another account, “@YANBackup,” sprang up to take the place of the other, suspended account. Both accounts are thought to be managed primarily by yet a third account, “@JackalAnon.” 

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