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Twitter to remove ‘abandoned’ accounts to free up handles for reuse after Elon Musk ‘threatened’ to reassign NPR

  • Musk said inactive accounts will be archived but did not give details about how or if those accounts could be accessed
  • Musk suggested this month he would reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account after the broadcaster stopped posting content to its 52 feeds

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Twitter chief executive Elon Musk said the microblogging platform will start archiving inactive accounts to free up user handles. Photo: TNS
Social media platform Twitter will remove accounts that have been inactive for several years, CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Monday, saying that the action is “important to free up abandoned handles”.

Twitter’s billionaire owner in a separate tweet said inactive accounts will be archived, but he did not add any details on when the process will begin.

It was not immediately known if or how Twitter users will be able to access archived accounts.

Musk also said users on the microblogging platform could see a drop in follower count, as several inactive accounts might get removed.

According to Twitter’s policy, users should log in to their account at least once every 30 days to avoid permanent removal due to prolonged inactivity.

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