Same happened to me. However, I did do a support request which 2 days later agreed to let me in without a phone number. 2 days. I think we can file this under

Same happened to me. However, I did do a support request which 2 days later agreed to let me in without a phone number. 2 days. I think we can file this under 'dark patterns' and finally realise Twitter is attempting to be as abusive as Facebook.