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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:31 PM Nov 2017

This former Ca State student from Germany deactivated the most important Twitter account in World

For eleven minutes on November 2nd, President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated. Now, Buzzfeed News is reporting the identity of the employee responsible.

Bahtiyar Duysak, a contractor for Silicon Valley staffing company ProUnlimited, worked for Twitter’s Trust and Safety operations team in the San Francisco area and was responsible for the eleven minutes of presidential silence.

Duysak, originally from Germany, has a masters from the University of Birmingham in England and completed a postgraduate program at California State University, East Bay.

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Deactivating President Trump’s controversial Twitter account was widely praised across the internet.



https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/this-former-california-state-student-from-germany-deactivated-the-most-important-twitter-account-in-the-world/

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This former Ca State student from Germany deactivated the most important Twitter account in World (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 OP
HIRE THIS MAN!!! samnsara Nov 2017 #1
I agree! He'll have more job offers than the woman who gave Trump the finger! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #2
Yes! gristy Nov 2017 #5
Duysaks Outing Comes on the Same Day Trump Pushed a Discredited Islamophobic Video on His Twitter MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #3
That did cross my mind. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #4
I hope he gets babylonsister Nov 2017 #6
Thank you, Mr Duysak. You gave us 11 minutes of peace that day! sueh Nov 2017 #7
I was so happy shenmue Nov 2017 #10
A grateful nation wishes he was back on the job! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #11
Duysak in 2020 shenmue Nov 2017 #8
I can support that! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #9

MrsCoffee

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3. Duysaks Outing Comes on the Same Day Trump Pushed a Discredited Islamophobic Video on His Twitter
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:38 PM
Nov 2017
http://heavy.com/news/2017/11/bahtiyar-duysak-donald-trump-twitter/

Duysak Worked as a Security Guard at a Muslim Community Center in the Bay Area
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