The person responsible for the 11-minute deactivation of President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account in early November was a third-party contract employee who worked for Twitter’s Trust and Safety operations team in the San Francisco area, according to two people familiar with the matter. His name is Bahtiyar Duysak .
Duysak said the move was “a mistake” and told TechCrunch he never thought the account would actually be deactivated. He attributed the deactivation to a series of unspecified “coincidences” that had occurred on his final day.
“I had a wild time in America,” Duysak said. “I was tired sometimes. And everyone can do mistakes. I did a mistake.”
Duysak told TechCrunch that a Twitter user had reported Trump for abuse on his final day. “As a final, throwaway gesture, he put the wheels in motion to deactivate it,” TechCrunch reported.
“Then he closed his computer and left the building.” Duysak did not explain his motivation or offer any other comments on the president.
He said he did not believe that Trump’s account would actually be deactivated.
Duysak said he does not believe he is under investigation by the FBI, although Twitter has asked him for more information.
He said he hopes to have an ordinary life, and said he did not plan to work in tech again in the near future.
“But I love Twitter,” he told TechCrunch, wearing a sweater emblazoned with the stars and stripes. “And I love America.”
He had been on the job for only about four months.
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