Assange s Twitter account suddenly goes out of action

San Francisco Dec 25 (IANS) The disappearance of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange s Twitter account has created confusion among his fans and followers the media reported.

Assange s account @JulianAssange is no more and the reason still remains unknown. A search on Twitter with his username says Sorry that page doesn t exist!

According to Gizmodo Assange had not tweeted since Friday.

Assange apparently deleted his Twitter account sending social media into a frenzy of conspiracy theories about the embattled WikiLeaks founder news website inquisitr.com reported on Monday.

However some users speculated that Assange was taken out by Twitter as part of the social media platform s recent purge of inflammatory posters many on the far right the report added.

Others believed that it was a move to silence Assange ahead of a major revelation on the part of WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks has not yet commented on the matter.

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