Inability to disable media autoplay in Twitter mobile app during blocked or read-only account state
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Personal experienceImported from BlueskyPublished Oct 14, 2026
Impact: so I'm not using the app anymore much :/
From the original report
“since twitter blocked me and I can use it as a "read only" they started to autoplay videos and gifs in the phone app. and I can't use settings to stop it.”
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Details & sources
- How received
- Imported from Bluesky
- Source published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Observed
- Unknown
- Added to CleanApp
- Oct 14, 2026
- Product connection
- Affected product or place
- Original issue status
- Unknown
- Resolution
- Unknown
- Verification
- Not independently reproduced
Source count unknown
Why this source type: The author directly reports encountering an issue where the Twitter mobile app autoplays media and settings cannot be used to turn it off while restricted to read-only.
CleanApp AI summary
Inability to disable media autoplay in Twitter mobile app during blocked or read-only account state: Users in a blocked or read-only account state cannot access the settings menu in the Twitter mobile app, leaving them unable to turn off video and GIF autoplay.
Report counts are not affected-user counts. A closed original issue does not confirm a fix.
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