The U.S. embassy in Cairo briefly shut down its official Twitter account after a viral spat with Egypt's presidency and the country's Muslim Brotherhood party.
According to Foreign Policy's The Cable, U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson decided to take down the account on Wednesday without consulting the State Department. "This not a permanent shutdown. Embassy Cairo considers this to be temporary. They want to put new procedures in place," an official told The Cable.
The account was back up on Wednesday afternoon.
The account's brief suspension came in the wake of an argument on Twitter following the arrest of famous Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef.
Youssef, who is often compared to American comic Jon Stewart, had been questioned by Egyptian state prosecutors last week on accusations of insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam.
The Twitter dispute started when the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday tweeted a clip of...
According to Foreign Policy's The Cable, U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson decided to take down the account on Wednesday without consulting the State Department. "This not a permanent shutdown. Embassy Cairo considers this to be temporary. They want to put new procedures in place," an official told The Cable.
The account was back up on Wednesday afternoon.
The account's brief suspension came in the wake of an argument on Twitter following the arrest of famous Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef.
Youssef, who is often compared to American comic Jon Stewart, had been questioned by Egyptian state prosecutors last week on accusations of insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam.
The Twitter dispute started when the U.S. embassy in Cairo on Tuesday tweeted a clip of...
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