70 The French government is trying to censor news reports about the Muslim rioting (communities.win) posted 302 days ago by Gazerbeam 302 days ago by Gazerbeam +73 / -3 14 comments share 14 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Oh, now that question gets my conspiracy sense tingling.
But I'm willing to accept it's as simple as "we're being hammered by bots, we fucked up the response, and it's not fixed yet."
I think twitter is unrelated because that site is always a shitshow at the best of times.
The rumor I've heard is that their cloud contract with Google wasn't renewed AND they fucked up providing alternative services in time.
Twitter has been hammered by bots since time immemorial, it's a bullshit excuse.