As of March 29, 2012, midnight Eastern time (UPDATE: as of 8:11am Eastern 3/29), a vile Twitter account named “@killzimmerman” was still active on the social networking site. It has been active for at least four days, despite numerous complaints from Twitter users. Why has it taken so long to address this glaring violation of Twitter’s terms of service?
Some of the vile tweets from the account (including disturbing support from other Twitter followers):
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185106834225508353
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185116076932202496
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185112816167030784
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185063343940321280
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185052463265619968
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185021383976288256
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/185046854982041600
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/183990222135107585
https://twitter.com/#!/KillZimmerman/status/183559880462966784
See our “Related Tweets” sidebar on the right for a flood of complaints to Twitter about the account.
A sample:
Dear @twitter. Why the hell is this accout still open??? @KillZimmerman
— Andrew Staroska (@OHCONSERVATISM) March 29, 2012
@KillZimmerman @twitter you need to shut this page down!! No one, NO ONE deserves to be shot dead. Not the poor kid or the man who shot him.
— Kayleigh Shockley (@KayKay216) March 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/#!/Erin_Brown/status/185204672678723584
Hey @twitter does the @KillZimmerman 'self-description' death threat not violate your account usage policy? #shame
— Big Jim Danoon (@BigJimDanoon) March 29, 2012
Come on @twitter, when r u going to stop this —> @KillZimmerman #TRAYVONMARTIN #TRAYVON #nojusticenopeace #fuckzimmerman #KILLZIMMERMAN
— Missy Jones (@MissyMJones) March 29, 2012
@safety @support Please deal with this. RT @Mr_Fastbucks: .@twitter please suspend this asshat.———> @killzimmerman #tcot #hhrs
— Tom Reynolds (@Beregond) March 28, 2012
Paging Twitter support and safety…
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/29/this-still-exists-killzimmerman-twitter-account/