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applegrove

(118,595 posts)
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 12:28 AM Nov 2017

Trump Twitter account shut down by employee on last day of work

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/02/trump-twitter-account-offline

By Olivia Solon at the Guardian

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A Twitter employee deactivated Donald Trump’s personal account on their last day of work, the company said on Thursday, likely meaning the action was deliberate.

The move by the employee – who has not been named – meant that the president’s @realdonaldtrump account was down for 11 minutes.

During the brief period of downtime, shortly before 4pm Pacific time (11pm GMT), anyone going to the @realDonaldTrump Twitter page would see the message “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!”

After widespread speculation about what had happened, Twitter initially said the account had been inadvertently deactivated “due to human error by a Twitter employee”.



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Trump Twitter account shut down by employee on last day of work (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2017 OP
Is there a way to deactivate Trump instead? Rollo Nov 2017 #1
a quixotic hero lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #2
Why the hell did they restart it? Ken Burch Nov 2017 #3
They lost a great supply of internet sewage RainCaster Nov 2017 #4
 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
3. Why the hell did they restart it?
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 12:38 AM
Nov 2017

Last edited Fri Nov 3, 2017, 01:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Twitter would have lost nothing from the account staying closed.

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