English Explanatory Dictionary

Twittergate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  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.

Word forms

Twittergate

Etymology

From Twitter + -gate.

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