The microblogging site Twitter said it accidentally limited users accounts that tweeted the word “Memphis.”
Twitter said the issue was caused by a bug and has been fixed. The accounts that were impacted have been restored, Twitter said.
A number of accounts that Tweeted the word “Memphis” were temporarily limited due to a bug. It’s been fixed and the accounts have now been restored. We’re sorry this happened.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 14, 2021
At this time, Twitter has not said how the bug occurred or how many accounts were affected.
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