Apparently Twitter blocks accounts to make you give them your phone number.

[dixiegrrrrl]

I have no phone number on my Twitter account. Today I was locked out, Twitter said I had to provide a phone number to get a code which would then let me back into my account.

That was all...no rule violation, no claims I did not something wrong, just phone number=code=back in.
Exactly what their e-mail support said to me a minute ago.

Ironically, my landline is dead this weekend b/c flooding after heavy rains.

so I googled and found an interesting page on how Twitter has been doing this for the last couple years, and how to get back in without giving them a number. takes a few days for them to do it, tho.

twitter claims they have a right to send text messages to your phone, once they have the number.

https://twirpz.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/are-twitters-locked-accounts-a-ransom-racket/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Yahoo texts me a key code when I cannot get into my Email account...

But I am okay with that. Because the password I use has issues at times.

[Shrike47]

2. We don't have a phone that can receive a text message. So no twitter for me?

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. There IS this reported work around.

How to Bypass the Twitter Phone Verification for New Account
https://woorkup.com/how-to-bypass-the-twitter-phone-verification-for-new-account/

If I ever get back on, first ting I will do is change my email to my Google mail account, which I use for crap like this.

[hermetic]

3. Dayum!

That sux. I've only been on Twitter a few months but have become rather addicted to it. Thank you for posting that article, which I have saved. NOBODY gets my mobile number. Hope you didn't lose all your followers.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. There's a workaround...see my reply above.

Since twitter wants your phone in order to send "text messages", ie ads, they might buy into the google phone number for awhile.

[mitch96]

4. can you give them a phony # or work #??

I'm not a twitR or Fachbuk person so I'm not familiar with the practice...
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[dixiegrrrrl]

8. see my reply about this, above. n/t

[mitch96]

11. That works for me!! nt

[KT2000]

10. in effect you would

be giving them someone else's phone number so they would suffer.

[KT2000]

5. people may give made up number

and some poor person is going to have to put up with twitter whether they use it or not. This is not OK.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Yet another reason why I don't have an account with Twitter. . .

. . .or Facebook.

Too many hassles with them to make it worthwhile.

I don't swim in dirty water.

[Phentex]

12. They have only ever asked me to update my email...

I don't use it very much and mostly just read. But I only have one account and haven't been asked for a phone number.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. My account goes back to 2005 or so.

this is the first time I have had this problem.

Twitter unblocked it today, gave a bullshit excuse, said nothing about needing a phone number, but that was the reason they said they blocked it in the first place. Doesn't add up at all. Obvious they wanted access to my smart phone number, which, if I gave them one, they say they would use for advertising,

If you ever do get blocked, lots of info. about how to "appeal" on google.