- Jan 24, 2011
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Twitter banned ,with no warning ,three popular applications from accessing the Twitter service: Twidroyd, UberTwitter and UberCurrent
According to support, the two apps were banned for policy violations. But they don’t detail what these violations were. All three applications are owned by parent company UberMedia, Inc.
Update 1 :
Twitter has contacted TechCrunch with an explanation of why the applications were banned:
Today we suspended several applications, including UberTwitter, twidroyd and UberCurrent, which have violated Twitter policies and trademarks in a variety of ways. These violations include, but aren’t limited to, a privacy issue with private Direct Messages longer than 140 characters, trademark infringement, and changing the content of users’ Tweets in order to make money.
Update 2 :
An updated statement from Bill Gross, CEO of UberMedia. Now Twitter wants them to change the name of UberTwitter; the new name will be UberSocial. Reminds me of when they forced LevelUp Studio to change the name of their app from Touiteur to Plume.
More details - link
According to support, the two apps were banned for policy violations. But they don’t detail what these violations were. All three applications are owned by parent company UberMedia, Inc.
Update 1 :
Twitter has contacted TechCrunch with an explanation of why the applications were banned:
Today we suspended several applications, including UberTwitter, twidroyd and UberCurrent, which have violated Twitter policies and trademarks in a variety of ways. These violations include, but aren’t limited to, a privacy issue with private Direct Messages longer than 140 characters, trademark infringement, and changing the content of users’ Tweets in order to make money.
Update 2 :
An updated statement from Bill Gross, CEO of UberMedia. Now Twitter wants them to change the name of UberTwitter; the new name will be UberSocial. Reminds me of when they forced LevelUp Studio to change the name of their app from Touiteur to Plume.
More details - link
