Tuesday evening, the Twitter account of company co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey was briefly suspended on the site. It was not immediately clear why.
By 9:15 P.M. Eastern time, Dorsey’s account was back online with a reset follower account.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/801246878398488576
Last week, Twitter simultaneously banned a number of figures from the so-called “alt-right,” an action white nationalist Richard Spencer decried as “corporate Stalinism.” On Tuesday, Twitter users associated with movement celebrated Dorsey’s suspension.
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-just-banned-a-bunch-of-alt-right-mouthpieces-1789038236
“AHAHA @Jack Dorsey got suspended from his own platform 😂😂😂,” wrote one. “MEME MAGIC IS REAL FOLKS 🚨”
We have reached out to Twitter for comment. This post will be updated if and when they respond.
UPDATE 11:35 P.M.: According to Dorsey, his suspension was due to “an internal mistake.”
just setting up my twttr…again (account suspension was an internal mistake)
— jack (@jack) November 23, 2016
