A weird Twitter glitch meant anyone who tweeted the word 'Memphis' got suspended for 12 hours

• Twitter accounts that tweeted the word "Memphis" on Sunday were hit with suspensions.
• Twitter confirmed to Insider this was the result of a glitch, which it says is now fixed.
• It did not explain what had caused the glitch.

A bizarre bug on Twitter this weekend meant anyone who tweeted the name of one particular US city got suspended.

Twitter users noticed on Sunday that accounts who tweeted the word "Memphis" were receiving 12-hour suspensions.

-Ian Keslar (@IanKeslar1) March 14, 2021

Some found ingenious ways of discussing it, and the phenomenon was even addressed by basketball team the Memphis Grizzlies.

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-Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) March 14, 2021

Twitter confirmed to Insider in a statement on Monday that the suspensions were the result of a glitch - though it did not specify how that glitch came about.

"There was a system issue impacting accounts that tweeted the word 'Memphis.' The issue mistakenly requested that account owners delete those Tweets and temporarily limited their account features. The affected accounts are now reinstated and this issue has been resolved," a spokesperson said.

"We're sorry this happened," Twitter's tech support account tweeted Sunday.