As Twitchy reported, activists associated with the Occupy and Anonymous movements have been pressuring authorities in Steubenville, Ohio, to expand their investigation of an alleged rape which took place in August. Two 16-year-old boys face a trial in February, but protesters assert that more might have been involved and a cover-up is underway to protect popular athletes in the community.

Today, a Twitter account associated with Anonymous was suspended. @KYAnonymous, who has been a driving force behind the Occupy Steubenville movement and appeared on “Anderson Cooper 360” complete with Guy Fawkes mask, and began tweeting today from a backup account.

https://twitter.com/KyAnonymous1/status/289108548506513408

OH srsly FFS, @KYAnonymous is suspended in mid DM? — Eve Vawter (@EveVawter) January 9, 2013

Dear @twitter and @support, the timeline of @KYAnonymous is public,he sure doesn't threat, and im wrongfully suspended. Pls unsuspend!! — ANONDUTCH1 (@ANONDUTCH_HQ) January 9, 2013

https://twitter.com/amu_SEM_ent/status/289127544131829762

We’re well aware of the tendency of conservative tweeters to land in “Twitter Gulag,” a happening so common as to have inspired the nascent Twitter Gulag Defense Network. Was KYAnonymous suspended for an alleged threat sent via direct message? Another Twitter user, @Ihazcandy, says yes. KYAnonymous says he was framed.

Whoa @KYAnonymous just got suspended. Wonder if it was because of the alleged threat to @ihazcandy. — Nathan St. Pierre (@NateDSaint) January 9, 2013

https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289101765901701120

https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289101981988032512

https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289106302481870849

https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289119218761363457

https://twitter.com/CaffSec/status/289160905495834624

https://twitter.com/KyAnonymous1/status/289145825995653120

I want you to know my bro @KyAnonymous1 is innocent! He would not say such a thing like that! We wouldn't be after pedos and rapists ifhedid — DidITellY⭕️u (@Ungoverned_Dox) January 10, 2013

Filmmaker Lee Stranahan, narrator of “Occupy Unmasked,” cautions against Anonymous and its methods.

It's not hard to believe that @KYAnonymous would threaten someone. Anyone else see their arson tweet directly, live? — Lee Stranahan (@stranahan) January 9, 2013

After @KYAnonymous threatens someone with arson and killing their kids, I wonder if they get another Anderson Cooper guest shot — Lee Stranahan (@stranahan) January 9, 2013

@Stranahan I got asked my opinion of this case, stated I don't know the facts; let a trial happen, got told I foster violent rape. — Corey Stephenson (@bowfornoking) January 9, 2013

And that's their point — they don't want a fair trial. They want a result they decided, facts be damned. @bowfornoking — Lee Stranahan (@stranahan) January 9, 2013

Thats no bull either. We want a trial by jury and they want bodies hanging in the public square @Stranahan — Corey Stephenson (@bowfornoking) January 9, 2013

During that Anderson Cooper appearance, KYAnonymous said that though Anonymous was not the judge or jury, ” it’s fair to say that we are the executioner.”

@Twitter: @KYAnonymous has been wrongfully suspended. His timeline is public, his heart and intent is obvious and just. @occupysteubenville — The Crimson Curse (@theCrimsonCurse) January 10, 2013

For now, the justice system in Steubenville is responsible for determining who’s guilty in the rape case. Twitter, meanwhile, will have to use whatever evidence it has to determine if the “heart and intent” of the “executioner” behind the mask is in conflict with its terms of service, if not the law itself.

Related:

#OccupySteubenville rape protest casts Anonymous in new role, but what’s behind the masks?

David Shuster gives shout-out to Occupy’s ‘inspiring’ rape protest