Twitter has been broken for about 30 minutes.
https://downdetector.com/status/twitter/map/
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Normally this would be chalked up to random failure, and quite possibly it is. But it comes at a time where the role of Social Media in the public discourse, and in particular the election, is increasingly contentious. Twitter suspended the Trump Campaign's twitter account for posting a link to a dispute New York Post article regarding Joe and Hunter Bider, and the conservatives have been highly critical. Possibly someone has decided this is the right time for a cyber-attack.
Or maybe just someone messed up. We'll see. But the atmosphere is certainly going to lead to a variety of speculation.
https://downdetector.com/status/twitter/map/
Normally this would be chalked up to random failure, and quite possibly it is. But it comes at a time where the role of Social Media in the public discourse, and in particular the election, is increasingly contentious. Twitter suspended the Trump Campaign's twitter account for posting a link to a dispute New York Post article regarding Joe and Hunter Bider, and the conservatives have been highly critical. Possibly someone has decided this is the right time for a cyber-attack.
Or maybe just someone messed up. We'll see. But the atmosphere is certainly going to lead to a variety of speculation.