{"id":386730,"date":"2017-12-26T17:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=386730"},"modified":"2017-12-26T17:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T17:10:31","slug":"julian-assanges-twitter-account-goes-offline-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/julian-assanges-twitter-account-goes-offline-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Assange\u2019s Twitter account goes offline, returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s a Christmas miracle of sorts. Julian Assange\u2019s Twitter account disappeared from the site, returned, and now there\u2019s a bouncing baby Corgi up top. The account appears to have gone\u00a0offline around 7:00\/8:00PM ET\u00a0on Christmas Eve, a silent night for the Wikileaks founder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Attempts to access the page overnight were met with a \u201cSorry, that page doesn\u2019t exist!\u201d message.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The site\u2019s official account, meanwhile, stayed online, with several of its most recent posts soliciting donations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As of 10AM ET this morning, Assange\u2019s account is back up \u2014 though at present, his follower count has dipped precipitously, dropping below 10,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Around half an hour after going back online, the newly restored account posted another donation solicitation, this time with a short video of an excited Corgi. Neither accounts have addressed the several hours of downtime. We\u2019ve reached out to Twitter about the incident, but unsurprisingly have yet to hear back \u2014 Christmas morning and all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assange\u2019s account was down long enough to draw a good deal speculation that it may have been pulled for a specific reason.\u00a0CBS news reports\u00a0that another unverified account claiming to be Assange popped up in his absence, suggesting the original had been pulled ahead of a blockbuster Wikileaks release. That one, however, has since been suspended by the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If it was, indeed, an imposter, it would hardly be the first time\u00a0someone made waves pretending\u00a0to be Assange on the social network. And, of course, this is hardly the first time a high profile political account\u00a0disappeared from the site\u00a0without explanation this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Techcrunch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a Christmas miracle of sorts. Julian Assange\u2019s Twitter account disappeared from the site, returned, and now there\u2019s a bouncing baby Corgi up top. The account appears to have gone\u00a0offline around 7:00\/8:00PM ET\u00a0on Christmas Eve, a silent night for the Wikileaks founder. 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