Twitter

"In cases where an account was taken over by the attacker, they may have been able to view additional information."

"Twitter seems to be experiencing a large-scale cyberattack."

"This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet."

"There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, D.C., as long as I’m your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!"

The Justice Department proposal would seek to push platforms to "address" illicit content online, such as material that violates federal criminal law.

The company suspended a core network of 23,750 highly active accounts, as well as a larger network of about 150,000 "amplifier" accounts used to boost the core accounts' content.

"We want to be open about the challenges we are facing."