People are starting to wonder what happened to the Fox News Twitter account as it has not tweeted since November 8 at 2:18 PM:
Here's a question: Why hasn't the @FoxNews account tweeted in 31 hours?
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) November 9, 2018
Here’s the last tweet on the account’s timeline:
BREAKING: Federal appeals court rules against Trump administration on DACA https://t.co/KHnrNvEKAM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 8, 2018
Newly woke Bill Kristol has a theory:
The caravan has invaded 1211 6th Avenue and is holding the Fox News tweeters hostage?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 10, 2018
But seriously … what gives?
Update: It may be a protest on how Twitter handled the recent doxing of Tucker Carlson:
The @FoxNews Twitter account has been silent for over 24 hours. A Fox News employee tells me Fox is choosing to stay silent while protesting how Twitter handled posts targeting Tucker Carlson — specifically the ones that included his address. address.
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) November 10, 2018
According to source, Facebook was prompt when alerted to posts that included his home address. Twitter support reportedly told Fox to "open a ticket" and did not remove the posts.
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) November 10, 2018
Fox already released a statement condemning the Tucker protesters but there has been no official statement on the Twitter protest/blackout. Source says the Twitter blackout decision came "from the highest level" of the company.
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) November 10, 2018
Source indicated Fox will remain silent until Twitter removes the tweets and apologizes for mishandling the situation.
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) November 10, 2018
A note – last several tweets from them are all breaking alerts. Don’t be surprised to see “breaking” tweets still going out during this “protest” involving Twitter.
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) November 10, 2018
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