The micro blogging site did not say how many accounts were affected, but tech blog said it was in the "hundreds to thousands".
A Twitter search for features thousands of tweets by users reporting that their accounts were suspended.
Twitter acknowledged the problem on its yesterday, saying: "Earlier today, we accidentally suspended a number of accounts.
"We regret the human error that led to these mistaken suspensions and we are working to restore the affected accounts -- we expect this to be completed in the next several hours."
On an additional note Twitter said that some of the accounts suspended were using the third-party site Tweetlater.
However, it said that Tweetlater was not to blame for these suspensions, nor was it in violation of Twitter's terms.
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