It has also faced questions over why it has not previously suspended Trump’s Twitter account for violating its terms of service — a decision it defended by saying Trump’s position means his messages meet a higher standard for “newsworthiness.”WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump ’s Twitter account was deactivated for 11 minutes Thursday night by a company employee on the last day on the job, Twitter said, raising serious questions about the security of a tool the president uses to set major policy agendas, aggressively go after his critics, and connect with his core voter base. Twitter initially posted a statement Thursday night saying Trump’s “account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee.”For those few minutes, visitors to Trump’s account were simply met with the message, “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!”“The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored,” the statement read. “You know, you have to keep people interested.”Twitter also serves as among Trump’s main tools for deflecting criticisms and attacks. In the same interview, Trump said, “When somebody says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing and I take care of it.”Trump conceded that those close to him try to steer him away from social media.

Source: thestar November 03, 2017 00:02 UTC