Twitter says Trump's account 'inadvertently deactivated' by employee
U.S. President Donald Trump's @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was "inadvertently deactivated" due to human error by a Twitter employee on Thursday and was down for 11 minutes before it was restored, the social media company said.
Shortly before 7 p.m. ET Thursday, social media reports surfaced that the account was unavailable, providing the error message that the user "does not exist." The account was restored by 7:03 p.m.
"Earlier today @realdonaldtrump's account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee," the company said in a tweet.
"We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again," it added.
Twitter says Trump's account 'inadvertently deactivated' by employee - World - CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was "inadvertently deactivated" due to human error by a Twitter employee on Thursday and was down for 11 minutes before it was restored, the social media company said.
Shortly before 7 p.m. ET Thursday, social media reports surfaced that the account was unavailable, providing the error message that the user "does not exist." The account was restored by 7:03 p.m.
"Earlier today @realdonaldtrump's account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee," the company said in a tweet.
"We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again," it added.
Twitter says Trump's account 'inadvertently deactivated' by employee - World - CBC News