Twitter suspends Olympics protestors' account The account, @spacehijackers, is run by a group of anti-capitalist activists who regularly protest in a variety of ways against big corporations. Their latest campaign is against the Olympic Games and within the last two weeks, the group has changed their Twitter biography to read: "the Official Protesters of the London 2012 Olympic Games." The group's account has also adopted a new Twitter avatar and wallpaper design - featuring a doctored version of the official logo of the London Olympics. A spokesman for the group, who wishes to remain anonymous, told The Telegraph that the account, which has been active since 2007 and had around 2,600 followers, had been suspended this morning following a complaint from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG). The email (pictured above) from Twitter's Trust and Safety team said: "We have received reports from the trademark holder, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd, that your account, @spacehijackers, is using a trademark in a way that could be confusing or misleading with regard to a brand affiliation. Your account has been temporarily suspended due to violation of our trademark policy. The group, which have previously demonstrated at the G20 Conference, are protesting against the Olympics as they feel it has become "a big corporate party" which most regular people will not be included in - but are funding. It is currently recruiting people for this latest protest using Facebook and Twitter - but has yet to decide what form its protests will take. The spokesman for the Space Hijackers said: "We have written to Twitter to ask if we can keep the avatar if we change the backdrop. However, ideally we would like to keep the account looking exactly like it does. We were surprised that at the reaction of Twitter and the speed with which the account has been suspended. Twitter portrays itself as a hero of free speech especially during events such as the Arab Spring. And yet, when a big corporate organisation gets in touch about a logo - which is clearly not tied to the official Olympics Twitter account, Twitter sides with the corporate. It's basically about a balance of commercial interest and freedom of speech and expression. We are not happy about this suspension. Twitter's terms of service clearly state that any type of trademark infringement will not be tolerated. It says: "We reserve the right to reclaim user names on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark on those user names. Accounts using business names and/or logos to mislead others will be permanently suspended. A Twitter spokesman declined to comment.