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Early this month, an ex-Twitter employee on his last day at work did something that anyone would dare to even dream. He deactivated the Twitter account of the current US President -- Donald Trump. The account was removed for about 11 minutes. However, Twitter later acknowledged the issue and said it was accidental and activated the account again. Until date, all that we knew about this man -- who deleted Trump's account -- was an ex-Twitter employee, but now, the man has come in the open to introduce himself and explain what exactly happened. Meet Bahtiyar Duysak. This ex-Twitter employee responsible for such a deed is actually a German citizen of Turkish descent. Bahtiyar Duysak was working for Twitter as a contractor with a firm named Pro Unlimited. Bahtiyar now comes out in open to explain what exactly happened -- and how he deactivated trumps account. He says that -- this was not an intentional move and happened by mistake. Soon after Trump's Twitter account was deact...

Social media giants Twitter is taking new steps to ban certain advertising after revealing that bots linked to Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election used the platform to spread their message. “State-sponsored attempts to “interfere with and disrupt” the election are “not something we want on Twitter,” the San Francisco social media company said on its blog. Twitter said it will donate the $1.9 million in advertising revenue it has obtained since 2011 from Russia Today to outside research about Twitter’s use in “civic engagement and elections.” Sputnik and Russia Today, also known as RT, won’t lose their ability to post to Twitter — meaning they can continue using the service to circulate articles, videos and opinion pieces. Twitter’s move comes as social media platforms face increased scrutiny for their failure to stop bots, foreign governments and anonymous ads from spreading misinformation and propaganda. Twitter and Facebook have both pledged t...