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Thursday 3 October 2019

Rudy Giuliani was briefly kicked off Twitter for tweeting a Ukrainian official’s phone number

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On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant, Rudy Giuliani, was locked out of his Twitter account for a brief period of time after posting a Ukrainian official’s phone number.

A Twitter spokesperson told The Verge that Giuliani’s tweets, which included screenshots of text conversations with Andriy Yermak, violated the platform’s rules on posting private information. Those screenshots did not censor Yermak’s phone number, essentially doxxing the Ukrainian official to Giuliani’s followers.

At roughly 3:40PM ET, Giuliani told Fox News reporter John Roberts that his account had been locked, although he resumed tweeting shortly afterward. In accordance with Twitter policy, Giuliani’s account would have remained locked...

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from TV Aerial Installation Services Warrington https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897665/rudy-giuliani-yermak-twitter-suspension-trump-ukraine
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