When you block someone on Twitter, they won’t be able to follow you, see your tweets, tweet to you, retweet your tweets or DM you. If they try to view your profile using your username, Twitter will. Russian authorities say they will block Twitter across the country in one month unless the social media company complies with demands to remove certain content, according to Reuters.
Twitter is one of the most used and popular social networks in the world. Not only does Twitter give you immediate access to important news but it offers you the opportunity to view public opinion trends and maintain direct interaction with public figures, just by knowing their username! The downside to that freedom also means that anyone who knows what your Twitter username is, regardless of whether you follow them or not, can contact you directly. This form of contact, when frequent, can be very irritating for some people.
Are you wanting to block someone on Twitter or have you already blocked someone on Twitter? If so, keep reading here at oneHOWTO to find out what happens if you block someone on Twitter?
The first thing to keep in mind is that Twitter's policy on blocking is transparent. In simple, when you block a user on Twitter, they will not receive a notification that you have done so. By blocking someone on Twitter, it means that if that person tries to enter your profile to see your Tweets the user will be informed that he or she is blocked,with a notice which states that they can no longer follow or see your tweets.
So, a Twitter user will have to physically click on your Twitter account to know that they have been blocked on Twitter. This means that many times, a person won't know that a certain user has blocked them.
For more, you may also be interested in reading our article where we discuss how to know if someone deactivates their Twitter account.
When you block someone on Twitter :
- That person will automatically stop being a follower, so their account will no longer appear in your contacts.
- Furthermore, you are also removed from their Twitter follower list.
- If that person is in one of your lists, he or she will automatically be deleted from it.
- In addition the user will also be unable to re-tweet any of your posts.
- If the user were to suspect that he or she is no longer following you and tries to follow you again by entering your profile, they will know that they have been blocked.
- If the person you have blocked tag you in a twitter post, you will not be able to see this tag.
- If a person you follow RTs the person you have blocked, this specific tweet will be visible.
- If you decide to follow the unblocked Twitter profile again, and the person hasn't blocked you, the person will be able to re-follow you.
- The blocked person will not be able to find any of your tweets through the Twitter search engine.
- The blocked person will not be able to tag you on any pictures he or she posts.
For more, read how to tell if a Twitter account is fake.
But the big question when you block someone on Twitter is: can a blocked Twitter account continue reading my tweets? The answer is simple: as long as this person is connected to twitter with the account you blocked, he or she will not see any of your posts.
However, if the person closes his or her twitter session and decides to google your Twitter username, this will give them access to your timeline data. So, generally speaking, to know if a person you have blocked can still see your tweets, the answer is yes, it is still possible for anyone to view your tweets, they just won't be able to interact with you in any way through their Twitter account.
The only case in which this would not be possible, is if you had a private profile on Twitter. If you make your Twitter account private, only your followers can see what you tweet. So if you really don't want somebody to read one of your tweets, the only way to be 100% sure is to delete your tweets or even delete your Twitter account.
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If, on the other hand, this person decides to create another Twitter account, they will be able to follow you again. If this person is harassing you through Twitter or any other form of social media, the best thing to do is to report each of the accounts to Twitter. If this does not work, we recommend reporting it to the police as a form of internet harassment.
Now you know what happens if you block a user on Twitter, you can choose to do this to stop unwanted contact with a user. Bear in mind, however, that they will still be able to view your tweets if they really want to, unless you set your profile to private.
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Do you want to know how to view blocked twitter accounts? Take a look at your Twitter block this. To do this:
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- Log onto Twitter
- Click onto your profile
- Click onto your settings & privacy (top-right hand corner)
- Click on blocked accounts
And there you go!
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities said Tuesday they would block Twitter in a month if it doesn’t take steps to remove banned content, a move that escalates the Russian government’s drawn-out standoff with social media platforms that have played a major role in amplifying dissent in Russia.
Russia’s state communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, last week announced it was slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its alleged failure to remove content encouraging suicide among children and information about drugs and child pornography.
The agency said Twitter has failed to remove more than 3,000 posts with banned content, including more than 2,500 posts encouraging suicide among minors. The platform responded by emphasizing its policy of zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation, promotion of suicide and drug sales.
On Tuesday, deputy chief of Roskomnadzor Vadim Subbotin argued that Twitter still wasn’t complying with the demands of the Russian authorities.
“Twitter doesn’t react to our requests appropriately, and if things go on like this, then in a month it will be blocked, on an out-of-court basis,” Subbotin told the Interfax news agency. He added that Roskomnadzor at this point “is not registering specific steps by Twitter to remove prohibited content.”
Twitter did not respond immediately to an email request for comment.
Authorities have criticized social media platforms that have been used to bring tens of thousands of people into the streets across Russia this year to demand the release of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The wave of demonstrations was the largest in years and posed a major challenge to the Kremlin.
The authorities alleged social media platforms failed to remove calls for children to join the protests. Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged police to act more to monitor social platforms and to track down those who “draw the children into illegal and unsanctioned street actions.”
The government’s efforts to tighten control of the internet and social media date back to 2012, when a law allowing authorities to blacklist and block certain online content was adopted. Since then, a growing number of restrictions targeting messaging apps, websites and social media platforms have been introduced.
In 2014, authorities adopted a law requiring online services to store the personal data of Russian users on servers in Russia and have since tried to make Facebook and Twitter comply with it. Both companies have been repeatedly fined, first small amounts of around $50 and last year the equivalent of $63,000 each, for not complying.
The government has repeatedly aired threats to block the two social media giants, but stopped short of outright bans even though the law allows it, probably fearing the move would elicit too much public outrage. Only the social network LinkedIn, which wasn’t very popular in Russia, has been banned by the authorities for the failure to store user data in Russia.
However, some experts have said that the authorities might be seriously considering the possibility of bans this time around.
Subbotin said Tuesday that Roskomnadzor has the necessary “technical capabilities” to block Twitter, and that the agency doesn’t rule out slowing down or blocking other online platforms if they “violate Russian laws and don’t comply with Roskomnadzor’s demands.”
In 2018, Roskomnadzor failed to restrict access to the popular messaging app Telegram over its refusal to hand over encryption keys used to scramble messages. Last year, the watchdog officially withdrew the demands to block Telegram, which has been widely used despite the ban, including by government institutions.
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Associated Press writers Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow and Kelvin Chan in London contributed to this report.