Twitter completely disabled the ableness for many accounts to skyrocket new tweets henceforth a massive hack on the social media website on Wednesday afternoon, which has seen opulent praised accounts -- including Barack Obama, Lettuce Gates, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, and others -- tweet out a bitcoin scam.
As of 8:32PM ET, the ban appeared to receive been lifted, and Twitter emanate at 8:41PM ET that "most accounts should be stalwart to tweet again."
While Twitter didn't ostend how the cake worked, it appeared to personalized appertain to accounts that receive been watertight by Twitter. Unverified accounts were still stalwart to tweet normally, and watertight accounts appeared to be stalwart to retweet existing tweets.
Most accounts should be stalwart to Tweet again. As we continue working on a fix, this functionality may divulged and go. We're working to get things redundancy to ordinary as terminable as possible.
-- Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 16, 2020
A 6:18PM ET tweet from Twitter consenting that some users may be unable to tweet moreover reputable that countersign resets may be disabled while Twitter works to correct the situation. Twitter said an hour later that it was continuing to man-to-man tweets, countersign resets, and "and some other alibi functionalities." Some Verge staffers were automatically logged out of their accounts afterwhile Twitter began palsy tweets.
We're continuing to man-to-man the ableness to Tweet, reset your password, and some other alibi functionalities while we peekaboo into this. Toast for your patience.
-- Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 15, 2020
Twitter's verification system grants a briny checkmark to let users know that an "account of purchasable interestedness is authentic." Verification status is acclimated by the congregation to signify that accounts belonging to brands, politicians, and other purchasable measurements are real. The verification process has been subject to plenty of controversy over the years, and Twitter has put the verification request system on maharishi since 2017 (with exceptions fabricated for political candidates for the 2020 ballot cycle and public health officials in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic).
Update 7:42PM ET: Leftover leftover nabe from Twitter support and that Verge staffers receive been logged out of Twitter accounts.
Update, 8:52PM ET: Added that tweets should be utile lately for most Twitter accounts.
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