New Zealand-based China expert Anne-Marie Brady’s claims her Twitter account was temporarily restricted on July 4, after she posted a link to an op-ed criticising the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 100th-anniversary celebrations. The professor wrote on Twitter that after initially posting her op-ed, she was notified by the social media giant that her post was “unavailable.” Her account was later restricted temporarily. A day later, her account was available again. “Here are the two tweets which were made ‘unavailable’ and led to my account being suspended. Seems one must never make fun of the Dear Leader,” she wrote. Twitter has denied censoring Marie-Brady. “To set the record straight, the assertion that Twitter is in coordination with any government to suppress speech has no basis in fact whatsoever. We advocate for a free, global and open internet and remain a staunch defender of freedom of expression,” a spokesperson told Newshub. “We …