Twitter blocked their CEO's Twitter profile

Dorsey didn't have access to his Twitter account for a short period.

@LanaJelic

Published Nov 23, 2016 1:47 PM CST
Updated Jul 27, 2022 3:46 AM CDT

29 seconds read time

First Facebook accidentally flagged their boss as deceased, and now Twitter has suspended their CEO Jack Dorsey.

So the CEO of Twitter is suspended. On Twitter. pic.twitter.com/XCC2MP4EDJ
â€” drew olanoff ðŸ“Ž (@yoda) November 23, 2016

Dorsey didn't have access to his Twitter account for a short period, and once he returned he wrote that the "account suspension was an internal mistake."

just setting up my twttr...again (account suspension was an internal mistake)
â€” ðŸš¶ðŸ½jack (@jack) November 23, 2016

However, the number of his followers dropped from 3.9 million to only 142, which prompted many users to joke about how they have more followers than Twitter's CEO. His follower count eventually started growing back to its original size and his account is back to normal now.

Lana Jelic

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