Twitter suspended a bunch of suspected bot accounts in an effort to crack down on spam — and some conservative users aren't happy about it.
The hashtag #TwitterLockOut made the rounds Wednesday after many conservative users noticed they had lost anywhere from hundreds to thousands of followers.
Twitter is limiting the use of automation. In a Wednesday announcement, the company said users can't send out batches of identical tweets or perform simultaneous actions from multiple accounts.
Conservative users who lost followers say that — among other things — they're being targeted and that Twitter is trying to silence certain voices.
Twitter denounced claims it's targeting a particular political base and says it unlocks accounts after verifying they're run by humans. Several people who complained about losing followers say they've regained a lot of them.
