diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index 33f5e43fc..41d6e9dc6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
       !Pleroma.Config.get([:instance, :account_activation_required])
   end
 
+  def remote_or_auth_active?(%User{} = user), do: !user.local || auth_active?(user)
+
+  def visible_for?(%User{} = user, for_user \\ nil) do
+    User.remote_or_auth_active?(user) || (for_user && for_user.id == user.id) ||
+      User.superuser?(for_user)
+  end
+
+  def superuser?(nil), do: false
   def superuser?(%User{} = user), do: user.info && User.Info.superuser?(user.info)
 
   def avatar_url(user) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index aaaae2035..555383503 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -11,10 +11,55 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
   alias Pleroma.HTML
 
   def render("accounts.json", %{users: users} = opts) do
-    render_many(users, AccountView, "account.json", opts)
+    users
+    |> render_many(AccountView, "account.json", opts)
+    |> Enum.filter(&Enum.any?/1)
   end
 
   def render("account.json", %{user: user} = opts) do
+    if User.visible_for?(user, opts[:for]),
+      do: do_render("account.json", opts),
+      else: %{}
+  end
+
+  def render("mention.json", %{user: user}) do
+    %{
+      id: to_string(user.id),
+      acct: user.nickname,
+      username: username_from_nickname(user.nickname),
+      url: user.ap_id
+    }
+  end
+
+  def render("relationship.json", %{user: user, target: target}) do
+    follow_activity = Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.fetch_latest_follow(user, target)
+
+    requested =
+      if follow_activity do
+        follow_activity.data["state"] == "pending"
+      else
+        false
+      end
+
+    %{
+      id: to_string(target.id),
+      following: User.following?(user, target),
+      followed_by: User.following?(target, user),
+      blocking: User.blocks?(user, target),
+      muting: false,
+      muting_notifications: false,
+      requested: requested,
+      domain_blocking: false,
+      showing_reblogs: false,
+      endorsed: false
+    }
+  end
+
+  def render("relationships.json", %{user: user, targets: targets}) do
+    render_many(targets, AccountView, "relationship.json", user: user, as: :target)
+  end
+
+  defp do_render("account.json", %{user: user} = opts) do
     image = User.avatar_url(user) |> MediaProxy.url()
     header = User.banner_url(user) |> MediaProxy.url()
     user_info = User.user_info(user)
@@ -72,43 +117,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.AccountView do
     }
   end
 
-  def render("mention.json", %{user: user}) do
-    %{
-      id: to_string(user.id),
-      acct: user.nickname,
-      username: username_from_nickname(user.nickname),
-      url: user.ap_id
-    }
-  end
-
-  def render("relationship.json", %{user: user, target: target}) do
-    follow_activity = Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.fetch_latest_follow(user, target)
-
-    requested =
-      if follow_activity do
-        follow_activity.data["state"] == "pending"
-      else
-        false
-      end
-
-    %{
-      id: to_string(target.id),
-      following: User.following?(user, target),
-      followed_by: User.following?(target, user),
-      blocking: User.blocks?(user, target),
-      muting: false,
-      muting_notifications: false,
-      requested: requested,
-      domain_blocking: false,
-      showing_reblogs: false,
-      endorsed: false
-    }
-  end
-
-  def render("relationships.json", %{user: user, targets: targets}) do
-    render_many(targets, AccountView, "relationship.json", user: user, as: :target)
-  end
-
   defp username_from_nickname(string) when is_binary(string) do
     hd(String.split(string, "@"))
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
index 6e489624f..ede3c0d25 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
@@ -15,18 +15,44 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.UserView do
   end
 
   def render("index.json", %{users: users, for: user}) do
-    render_many(users, Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.UserView, "user.json", for: user)
+    users
+    |> render_many(Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.UserView, "user.json", for: user)
+    |> Enum.filter(&Enum.any?/1)
   end
 
   def render("user.json", %{user: user = %User{}} = assigns) do
+    if User.visible_for?(user, assigns[:for]),
+      do: do_render("user.json", assigns),
+      else: %{}
+  end
+
+  def render("short.json", %{
+        user: %User{
+          nickname: nickname,
+          id: id,
+          ap_id: ap_id,
+          name: name
+        }
+      }) do
+    %{
+      "fullname" => name,
+      "id" => id,
+      "ostatus_uri" => ap_id,
+      "profile_url" => ap_id,
+      "screen_name" => nickname
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp do_render("user.json", %{user: user = %User{}} = assigns) do
+    for_user = assigns[:for]
     image = User.avatar_url(user) |> MediaProxy.url()
 
     {following, follows_you, statusnet_blocking} =
-      if assigns[:for] do
+      if for_user do
         {
-          User.following?(assigns[:for], user),
-          User.following?(user, assigns[:for]),
-          User.blocks?(assigns[:for], user)
+          User.following?(for_user, user),
+          User.following?(user, for_user),
+          User.blocks?(for_user, user)
         }
       else
         {false, false, false}
@@ -51,7 +77,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.UserView do
     data = %{
       "created_at" => user.inserted_at |> Utils.format_naive_asctime(),
       "description" => HTML.strip_tags((user.bio || "") |> String.replace("<br>", "\n")),
-      "description_html" => HTML.filter_tags(user.bio, User.html_filter_policy(assigns[:for])),
+      "description_html" => HTML.filter_tags(user.bio, User.html_filter_policy(for_user)),
       "favourites_count" => 0,
       "followers_count" => user_info[:follower_count],
       "following" => following,
@@ -97,23 +123,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.UserView do
     end
   end
 
-  def render("short.json", %{
-        user: %User{
-          nickname: nickname,
-          id: id,
-          ap_id: ap_id,
-          name: name
-        }
-      }) do
-    %{
-      "fullname" => name,
-      "id" => id,
-      "ostatus_uri" => ap_id,
-      "profile_url" => ap_id,
-      "screen_name" => nickname
-    }
-  end
-
   defp image_url(%{"url" => [%{"href" => href} | _]}), do: href
   defp image_url(_), do: nil