Dec 25, 2017

US Navy deletes weird tweet reading ‘Julian Assange’ as his account resurfaces

December 25, 2017 No Comments

The US Navy deletes a strange tweet reading “Julian Assange,” explaining later that it was an "inadvertent keystroke."
The navy’s page on Twitter issued an explanation Monday, saying someone had “caused” the WikiLeaks founders’ name to be tweeted.
The navy’s strange tweet came after Assange's account resurfaced after a brief absence from the social media platform.
It further boasted that it was “quickly deleted” without providing a solid reason as why.
"This morning, an inadvertent keystroke by an authorized user of the U.S. Navy Office of Information's Digitial [sic] Media Engagement Team caused the trending term 'Julian Assange' to be tweeted from the Navy's official Twitter account," the US Navy tweeted. "The inadvertent tweet was briefly posted for a few second before it was quickly deleted by the same authorized user. The inadvertent tweet was sent during routine monitoring of trending topics."  
The move triggered response from the WikiLeaks, which posted a screenshot of the deleted tweet, noting “the use of quotation.”
The navy’s strange tweet came after Assange's account resurfaced after a brief absence from the social media platform.
A Pro-Assange demonstrator stands with a placard at a vigil to mark the fifth anniversary of Julian Assange's arrival at the Embassy of Ecuador in London on June 19, 2017. (Photo by AFP) 
Assange took refuge in Ecuador’s Embassy in the British capital of London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden after Swedish prosecutors issued a European arrest warrant against him. Assange has denied the rape accusations, and says the claims are part of an attempt to ultimately have him extradited to the United States, where he could be charged over WikiLeaks’ release of 500,000 secret military files on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In February last year, a United Nations panel — the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention —  ruled that Assange’s confinement to the embassy “should be brought to an end” and he should be compensated for his “deprivation of liberty” over the years.

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