Donald Trump's personal Twitter account was deactivated for eleven minutes due to "a human error." The culprit in question was an unnamed Twitter employee; it was his (or her) last day of work, the company said in a statement.
All those who tried to visit the @realDonaldTrump Twitter page at about 11pm GMT saw the message "Sorry, that page doesn't exist."
Twitter said in a subsequent statement that that the deactivation "was done by a Twitter customer support employee who did this on the employee' last day."
Twitter says someone accidentally deactivated Trump's account https://t.co/21Mywwhevr pic.twitter.com/dlSsUolqCV
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) 3 ноября 2017 г.
The company added that "a full internal review" is under way.
Internet users immediately reacted to the news, with some suggesting the deactivation was a deliberate move.
— ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ᴍᴇᴀᴅ (@derektmead) 2 ноября 2017 г.
Twitter says it was an accident that Trumps Account was deactivated👉I Doubt It, They Target 🎯All Trump Supportershttps://t.co/y3gQc0pyLP pic.twitter.com/DxBUsqN1vb
— 🇺🇸John Stands🇺🇸 (@JrcheneyJohn) 3 ноября 2017 г.
This Twitter user described the deactivation as "a glitch in the Matrix."
Trump's Twitter going ghost was a glitch in the matrix #staywoke
— lazy🏴smaze (@lazysmaze) 3 ноября 2017 г.
Some of the tweets were not that serious, and featured funny GIFs.
Cool pic of the rogue Twitter employee arriving to shut down Donald Trump's account. pic.twitter.com/lbcNweFfnd
— Ben Siemon (@BenjaminJS) 3 ноября 2017 г.
Trump’s twitter was shut down 😌 pic.twitter.com/TWpDbFxESI
— king c 👑 (@fashiondriven21) 2 ноября 2017 г.
Trump's Twitter account briefly deactivated. Someone was trying to Make America Great Again. Too bad it didn't work. pic.twitter.com/a094sQari8
— Paul Portier (@portier_paul) 2 ноября 2017 г.
— MzFightDiva40 (@MzFightDiva40) 3 ноября 2017 г.
The @Twitter employee as he leaves HQ after deleting Trump's account! pic.twitter.com/Wip1oWwnRE
— ALT DOJ (@ALT_DOJ) 3 ноября 2017 г.Cool pic of the rogue Twitter employee arriving to shut down Donald Trump's account. pic.twitter.com/lbcNweFfnd
— Ben Siemon (@BenjaminJS) 3 ноября 2017 г.When Donald Trump's Twitter account is nowhere to be found & appears to be shut down for good… pic.twitter.com/uPR31KMlC5
— hellresidentNY (@hellresidentNY) 2 ноября 2017 г.
