Do you want to sell cocaine, ecstasy (MDMA), crystal meth or psychedelic mushrooms?
Twitter could be the place for you. And the site will not do anything to terminate your account.
A reader pointed me in the direction of several Twitter accounts actively serving the sale of illicit drugs, and instructed interested parties to call a UK mobile number, contact WhatsApp, or via email, Snapchat, Wickr or Telegram.
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In some cases, offensive tweets even contain short videos of available illegal drugs.
In the following screenshot, I’ve blurred out the contact details of the person offering to sell drugs, but they aren’t covered in the post. This post is still on Twitter.
The email includes the names of UK cities where the medicine can be delivered, making it easy to search for suppliers in your area.
So what is Twitter’s response to this?
After reviewing the available information <편집됨>Please note that this does not violate our safety policy. We know this is not the answer you are looking for. If this account violates our policies in the future, we’ll let you know.
This was Twitter’s response on January 22nd, after talking about the account on January 19th. The account is still actively posting drugs for sale on Twitter today (February 10, 2023).
Of course, if Twitter had actually deleted accounts selling drugs, chances are new replacements would reappear within hours, like mushrooms.
If Twitter does nothing about this, I wonder if UK police will care. You would think that any police officer would be able to investigate with the information shared publicly in this tweet (email address, phone number, Twitter account, etc.).
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