A Twitter employee deactivated President Donald Trump’s personal account, before it was brought back online 11 minutes later, the social media company said.
Twitter said the incident, which occurred around 7:00pm Eastern time, was caused by “human error.”
“We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again,” the company said.
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Earlier today @realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee. The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.
— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017
The deactivation was welcomed by some of the president’s critics and detractors, who urged Twitter to repeat the mistake again, permanently, in the near future.
Trump’s personal account been the subject of multiple protests, particularly since he became president. Some Twitter users blocked by the account have sued in court, demanding access to the account’s tweets, which have been deemed official, public statements. Others on Twitter have called Trump’s fiery rhetoric against North Korea a violation of the social network’s terms of service, which prohibit threats of violence.
Via RT. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.