Twitter briefly shut down @Bitcoin, sparking wild conspiracy theories

Twitter briefly shut down @Bitcoin, sparking wild conspiracy theories

6 years ago
Anonymous $CLwNLde341

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/9/17217354/bitcoin-twitter-shut-down-conspiracy-theories

Twitter suspended the @Bitcoin Twitter account, which is run by an anonymous user, over the weekend. The account was briefly taken over by a user who claimed to be Turkish, then a user who claimed to be Russian, before apparently being restored to its previous owner Monday afternoon.

“We do not comment on individual accounts so nothing to share,” a Twitter spokesperson said when asked about the suspension. “That’s some bullshit if you ask me,” the user behind @Bitcoin tweeted. “I’d like to know why my account was given to someone else, and then when it’s reinstated I’m missing 750,000 of my followers.”