Turns out McGowan violated one of Twitter’s rules.
The actress announced on her Instagram account on Wednesday night that Twitter had suspended her account without warning for 12 hours.
Many immediately assumed that her suspension was in direct relation to her recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of decades of sexual harassment and assault by a number of actresses, models and assistants, which resulted from him being removed from his own production company.
In the hours following McGowan’s account suspension, anger continued to build over Twitter’s actions, and the company announced on Thursday evening why they had taken those actions:
We have been in touch with Ms. McGowan’s team. We want to explain that her account was temporarily locked because one of her Tweets included a private phone number, which violates our Terms of Service. 1/3
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 12, 2017
The Tweet was removed and her account has been unlocked. We will be clearer about these policies and decisions in the future. 2/3
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 12, 2017
Twitter is proud to empower and support the voices on our platform, especially those that speak truth to power. We stand with the brave women and men who use Twitter to share their stories, and will work hard every day to improve our processes to protect those voices. 3/3
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 12, 2017
At the time of writing, Rose McGowan’s Twitter account has been un-suspended.
