Twitter has blocked the UberTwitter and Twitroyd applications, that are third-party apps utilized by choose smartphones, from accessing and using Twitter’s services. Twitter spokesperson Carolyn Penner said it took these actions attributable to policy violations.
These violations embody, however aren’t restricted to, a privacy issue with personal Direct Messages longer than one hundred forty characters, trademark infringement, and changing the content of users’ Tweets so as to create cash.” each applications are developed and distributed by a corporation referred to as UberMedia.
We’ve had conversations with UberMedia, the developer of those applications, regarding policy violations since April 2010, after they 1st launched below the name TweetUp — a term commonly utilized by Twitter users and a trademark violation,” said Penner. UberMedia hasn’t responded publicly to Twitter’s suspension. Users of the UberTwitter and Twitroyd applications can have to be compelled to use an alternate application order to access Twitter from their handsets.