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Twittergate

The English word “Twittergate” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A 2016 controversy where thousands of accounts were discovered to be posting child pornography on Twitter.
  2. A 2022 controversy where internal communications showed that Twitter allegedly colluded with the United States government to censor unfavorable viewpoints.
  3. Any other controversy involving Twitter.

Etymology

From Twitter + -gate.

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