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<h1><span style="line-height: normal;"> What is an inactive account?<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /> </span></h1>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; ">An
account is considered inactive if it hasn't been logged into or updated
in over 6 months. Inactive accounts may be automatically removed from
Twitter. To keep your account active, be sure to log in and post an
update within 6 months of your last update. Accounts that have no
followers, followings, or updates may be considered squatting accounts
and immediately removed from circulation, so do please avoid this if
possible!</span></p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note</span>: I<span style="line-height: normal; ">nactive accounts are legitimate but abandoned or unused accounts. </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; ">Other common issues include violations of our </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a>, <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation,</a> and <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/15795">copyright </a></span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; ">policies.
These should be reported as Terms of Service violations; please consult
those help pages for instructions on contacting us about infringing
accounts. </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Due to high volume, individual requests for inactive usernames are not being taken at this time.</span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "></span></span></span></p>
<h1><br /></h1>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">How do I know if an account is inactive? <br /></span></h1>
<p><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "></span></span>Checking
a profile page will reveal the last update of an account. If six
months have passed since the last update, the account is considered
inactive. If an account doesn't have any updates, it may be a recent account that's not in use yet, or it may be a <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18370" title="Name Squatting Help page">name squatter</a> account.
Twitter is currently working on bulk-releasing all inactive usernames. <strong>We are not releasing inactive accounts on an individual basis at this time
unless in cases of Terms of Service violations.</strong></p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; "></span></p>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> How do I report a Terms of Service violation?</span></h1>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span></h1>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<div><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #333333;">Twitter
Support, specifically the Terms of Service group, handles Terms of
Service violations. If your username request concerns a potential
violation, check out our <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/15789">Terms of Service and Rules guidelines</a> to find out what to do. </span></span>Our help pages for <span style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation</a> and <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a></span> policies have additional
instructions and information we will need to process your request.<span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
</span></p>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal;"> What is an inactive account?<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /> </span></h1>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; ">An
account is considered inactive if it hasn't been logged into or updated
in over 6 months. Inactive accounts may be automatically removed from
Twitter. To keep your account active, be sure to log in and post an
update within 6 months of your last update. Accounts that have no
followers, followings, or updates may be considered squatting accounts
and immediately removed from circulation, so do please avoid this if
possible!</span></p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note</span>: I<span style="line-height: normal; ">nactive accounts are legitimate but abandoned or unused accounts. </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; ">Other common issues include violations of our </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a>, <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation,</a> and <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/15795">copyright </a></span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; ">policies.
These should be reported as Terms of Service violations; please consult
those help pages for instructions on contacting us about infringing
accounts. </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Due to high volume, individual requests for inactive usernames are not being taken at this time.</span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "></span></span></span></p>
<h1><br /></h1>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">How do I know if an account is inactive? <br /></span></h1>
<p><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 16px; "></span></span>Checking
a profile page will reveal the last update of an account. If six
months have passed since the last update, the account is considered
inactive. If an account doesn't have any updates, it may be a recent account that's not in use yet, or it may be a <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18370" title="Name Squatting Help page">name squatter</a> account.
Twitter is currently working on bulk-releasing all inactive usernames. <strong>We are not releasing inactive accounts on an individual basis at this time
unless in cases of Terms of Service violations.</strong></p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; "></span></p>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> How do I report a Terms of Service violation?</span></h1>
<h1><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span></h1>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">
<div><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #333333;">Twitter
Support, specifically the Terms of Service group, handles Terms of
Service violations. If your username request concerns a potential
violation, check out our <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/15789">Terms of Service and Rules guidelines</a> to find out what to do. </span></span>Our help pages for <span style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation</a> and <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a></span> policies have additional
instructions and information we will need to process your request.<span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
</span></p>
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