Rudy Giuliani became the latest conservative to lash out at Twitter, accusing it of allowing someone to “invade my text” after he fell victim to a prank unrelated to the social media company.
Giuliani, who is one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers battling the Mueller investigation, accidentally tweeted the random hyperlink “G-20.in” by not putting a space after a period.
Because of how Twitter works, hyperlinks are automatically created when valid domains are written out in tweets. For example, writing out Twitter.com in a tweet would create a link to Twitter’s homepage.
On Friday, Giuliani tweeted: "Mueller filed an indictment just as the President left for G-20. In July he indicted the Russians who will never come here just before he left for Helsinki. Either could have been done earlier or later. Out of control! Supervision please?"
Someone then bought the G-20.in domain in Giuliani’s tweet and put up the message “Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country” so anybody who clicked on the link saw it.
Upon learning about the prank, Giuliani — who is also Trump’s cybersecurity adviser — lashed out at Twitter for his own error.
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What a Dumb Fuck Donald Trump has for a LAWYER
Giuliani, who is one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers battling the Mueller investigation, accidentally tweeted the random hyperlink “G-20.in” by not putting a space after a period.
Because of how Twitter works, hyperlinks are automatically created when valid domains are written out in tweets. For example, writing out Twitter.com in a tweet would create a link to Twitter’s homepage.
On Friday, Giuliani tweeted: "Mueller filed an indictment just as the President left for G-20. In July he indicted the Russians who will never come here just before he left for Helsinki. Either could have been done earlier or later. Out of control! Supervision please?"
Someone then bought the G-20.in domain in Giuliani’s tweet and put up the message “Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country” so anybody who clicked on the link saw it.
Upon learning about the prank, Giuliani — who is also Trump’s cybersecurity adviser — lashed out at Twitter for his own error.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...witter-over-trump-prank/ar-BBQw03M?li=BBnb7Kz
