Twittergate

Proper noun

Twittergate

1. A 2016 controversy where thousands of accounts were discovered to be posting child pornography on Twitter.
   • Earlier this week, we reported some happenings regarding #Pizzagate. Now, we have something that is being referred to as #Twittergate.2016 November 23, Stefanie MacWilliams, “First #Pizzagate, Now #Twittergate: Twitter Suspends User After She Exposes Over 20,000 Child Porn Linked Accounts”, in Renegade Tribune
2. A 2022 controversy where internal communications showed that Twitter allegedly colluded with the United States government to censor unfavorable viewpoints.
   • Twittergate had revealed the long game behind Russiagate, which was about manufacturing a crisis, in this case Trump, as a pretext for treating free speech as a national disinformation crisis requiring the suspension of civil rights and liberties in order to save democracy.2022 December 8, Daniel Greenfield, “Twittergate and the plot against free speech”, in Jewish National Syndicate
   • If it seems Mr. Musk is unfairly targeting the U.S. intelligence community for embarrassment, it should not be forgotten that “Twittergate” is just the latest in a series of damning revelations of dirty Washington tricks meant to rob voters of their constitutional right to self-government.2023 January 10, “The FBI’s ‘Twittergate’ troubles”, in The Washington Times
3. Any other controversy involving Twitter.