New powers which allow Twitter to block accounts in certain countries have been used for the first time to hide those from a banned German neo-Nazi group.
An account belonging to the far-right Besseres Hannover, or 'Better Hannover', has been blocked in Germany, where the content of its posts is considered illegal.
The account is still available in other countries, a spokesman for Twitter confirmed.
Besseres Hannover was banned by Lower Saxony's state government last month on the grounds it was promoting Nazi ideals in an attempt to undermine German democracy.
It a letter sent to Twitter, the head of the city's police administration department asked for the group's account to be closed immediately.
Twitter introduced its "country withheld content" function last month in an effort to "respect our users' expression, while also taking into consideration applicable local laws".
On its website, the company says "the open and free exchange of information has a positive global impact", adding that "the tweets must continue to flow".
When Twitter receives a request to withhold content, it notifies affected users unless it is legally prevented from doing so.
Although tweets or accounts are not deleted, they appear greyed-out in countries where they are deemed unsuitable.
Users can challenge the ban, delete contentious tweets or deactivate their account altogether.
Besseres Hannover's Twitter account has more than 440 followers and 1,000 tweets, although the most recent is from almost a month ago.
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