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CPLX on July 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in si...

One wonders if that specific account has some unique exemption in the Twitter code to specifically deal with it.

alternatetwo on July 16, 2020 | [–]

A disgruntled employee "deleted" that account temporarily a while ago, I've seen it theorised on reddit that that account has extra protections now.

Sebb767 on July 15, 2020 | [–]

I'd assume that, too. Given the sheer impact a tweet from him might have, there are probably (hopefully!) two extra layers.

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