Twitter Blames Bug for NeedtoImpeach.com Error

Twitter on Monday said a bug prevented people from tweeting the URL needtoimpeach.com over the weekend.

"This was due to a bug that we rapidly fixed as soon as we became enlightened of it," a Twitter spokesperson said in an email.

Twitter users concluding dark noticed that efforts to mail service tweets with the URL needtoimpeach.com were beingness rejected. "We're sad, we weren't able to ship your Tweet. Would yous like to retry or salve this Tweet in drafts?" the pop-up message read. For a time, users got around the ban by tweeting with spaces in the URL.

Older tweets with the URL already in them remained on the site, but if you clicked on the URL, information technology directed y'all to a Twitter warning page that said "this link may exist dangerous."

Needtoimpeach.com is a website run by billionaire Tom Steyer, who has been spending his own money on an advertising campaign that's calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment. Given the political nature of the site, some users accused Twitter of censorship.

By early this morning, they were once once more allowed to postal service the URL.

Thanks to @Green_Footballs @CharlesMBlow and many others who brought attention to this. https://t.co/YOdqkHHoBo is working once more, let'due south keep the momentum going. Sign on today and tell Congress we #NeedToImpeach @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/Zmmkvs7s7x
— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) Dec xviii, 2022

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