Anonymous activists who target Islamic State-supporting accounts on Twitter say they are being banned from the social network.
A band of internet users who identify as the 'Anonymous' group created the #OpISIS hashtag following the November attacks in Paris last year.
They have targeted hundreds of accounts which they suspect are IS-linked, but say they themselves are often being shut down by Twitter bosses.
An activist known as WauchulaGhost said his account was briefly suspended in February.
He says that other accounts using the #OpISIS hashtag have suffered similar problems.
"I can say they are suspending a lot of accounts for harassment. Good accounts not Daesh accounts," he told Epoch Times.
"Even a lot of our [Anonymous] accounts are being suspended for harassment."
it did not want to comment on the claims.
The social network has taken down 125,000 accounts for "threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to IS".
But WauchulaGhost said social media activists are the real last line of defence against the terror group.
"Who suspended 125,000 accounts? Anonymous, Anonymous affiliated groups, and everyday citizens.
"You do realise if we all stopped reporting terrorist accounts and graphic images, Twitter would be flooded with terrorists."
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