According to Twitter, this was in violation of its rules.

Wee, who was blocked from accessing his account yesterday, told FMT that his postings were mainly references to his blog.

“There is no content or private information in my Twitter posts. Information that I have posted is obtainable by anyone who has access to social media.

“This includes LinkedIn. If you have a LinkedIn account, you can access information of people who are also in the networking platform.

“Why would you put information that is private on the web?”

Wee said the Twitter posting in question did not contain anyone’s picture, private personal information or copyrighted content.

He was referring to the content in his recent expose of Tourism Malaysia’s RM99 million deal with a local company which he labelled a “Speedy Gonzales” contract as it was allegedly inked in just one day

“It was merely a publication of the said title of a new posting in my blog.

“So regardless of whether it’s Twitter’s privacy policies or Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) regulations, I am confident that I have not overstepped the boundaries,” he said.

Wee said to reactivate his Twitter account, he had been told to delete the posts deemed to have run foul of the social media platform’s privacy policies.

“I wonder how Twitter’s attention was drawn to this alleged infraction in the first place. Is it possible that someone complained? Is that someone feeling the heat?”

He said he would not delete the posts in question and has lodged an appeal as an option offered by Twitter.

“In the meantime, I will continue to write on my blog and will utilise my Facebook account instead.

“I hope this is not how Twitter deals with supposed wrongdoings on its social media platform.

“They should have given a warning before they locked my account. Otherwise, this will reflect badly on America’s democratic system,” he said.

Wee claims to have more dirt on RM99 million Tourism Malaysia contract