The account for journalistic organization Distributed Denial of Secrets has been suspended by Twitter following its release of law enforcement documents from police departments across the U.S.
The @DDoSecrets account is suspended and inaccessible and a Twitter spokesperson told tech site Gizmodo that the move was done in compliance with the company’s policy against the distribution of hacked materials. The policy outlaws distributing “content obtained through hacking that contains private information, may put people in harm or danger, or contains trade secrets.”
In a statement to TheWrap, DDS founder Emma Best calls the Twitter suspension “heavy handed.”
“Twitter’s suspension of DDoSecrets is an excessive, heavy handed response, but it doesn’t end with us,” Best wrote.