<p>Twitter users who used the word "Memphis" found themselves temporarily locked out of their accounts at the weekend because of a bizarre bug.</p>.<p>Several users shared screenshots showing messages from Twitter saying their account was being limited for violating the platform's rules, after they had tweeted a message which included the word "Memphis."</p>.<p>Twitter late Sunday acknowledged the error and said it had been fixed.</p>.<p>Reports of the bug emerged after some soccer fans noticed that posts mentioning Olympique Lyonnais player Memphis Depay were being blocked.</p>.<p>The French soccer club tweeted a picture of their Dutch forward with the message: "Hey, @Twitter -- can we talk about him yet?"</p>.<p>Others joined in with jokes about the apparent taboo.</p>.<p>"When bots flood our comments with 'say the m word'," NBA team the Memphis Grizzlies tweeted with a video of a player blocking a shot.</p>.<p>Some users expressed mock concern about the taboo covering the Tennessee home of rock'n'roll where Elvis Presley grew up.</p>.<p>Others referenced the Monty Python comedy "Life of Brian," with lawyer George Conway, a vocal Donald Trump critic, linking to the scene where a man is about to be stoned for saying the word "Jehovah."</p>.<p>"A number of accounts that Tweeted the word 'Memphis' were temporarily limited due to a bug," Twitter Support said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"It's been fixed and the accounts have now been restored. We're sorry this happened."</p>.<p>Some users noted that Twitter was able to ban a specific term, albeit inadvertently, and called for it to better address abuse on the platform.</p>.<p>"Hello Twitter, Glad you got that fixed. Now ban the nazis, please," one user tweeted.</p>
<p>Twitter users who used the word "Memphis" found themselves temporarily locked out of their accounts at the weekend because of a bizarre bug.</p>.<p>Several users shared screenshots showing messages from Twitter saying their account was being limited for violating the platform's rules, after they had tweeted a message which included the word "Memphis."</p>.<p>Twitter late Sunday acknowledged the error and said it had been fixed.</p>.<p>Reports of the bug emerged after some soccer fans noticed that posts mentioning Olympique Lyonnais player Memphis Depay were being blocked.</p>.<p>The French soccer club tweeted a picture of their Dutch forward with the message: "Hey, @Twitter -- can we talk about him yet?"</p>.<p>Others joined in with jokes about the apparent taboo.</p>.<p>"When bots flood our comments with 'say the m word'," NBA team the Memphis Grizzlies tweeted with a video of a player blocking a shot.</p>.<p>Some users expressed mock concern about the taboo covering the Tennessee home of rock'n'roll where Elvis Presley grew up.</p>.<p>Others referenced the Monty Python comedy "Life of Brian," with lawyer George Conway, a vocal Donald Trump critic, linking to the scene where a man is about to be stoned for saying the word "Jehovah."</p>.<p>"A number of accounts that Tweeted the word 'Memphis' were temporarily limited due to a bug," Twitter Support said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"It's been fixed and the accounts have now been restored. We're sorry this happened."</p>.<p>Some users noted that Twitter was able to ban a specific term, albeit inadvertently, and called for it to better address abuse on the platform.</p>.<p>"Hello Twitter, Glad you got that fixed. Now ban the nazis, please," one user tweeted.</p>