Interior Reactivates Twitter Accounts After Shutdown Over Inauguration

"The Interior Department reactivated its official Twitter accounts early Saturday after an abrupt shutdown following shares of two tweets during the inauguration the agency considered unsympathetic to President Trump.

National Park Service spokesman Thomas Crosson, whose agency   retweeted the offending tweets, apologized on Twitter for the “mistaken RT’s from our account,” referring to retweets.

In an email, Crosson said the shares were “inconsistent with the agency’s approach to engaging the public through social media.”

“The Department of Interior’s communications team determined that it was important to stand down Twitter activity across the Department temporarily, except in the case of public safety,” Crosson said in an email."

Lisa Rein reports for the Washington Post January 20, 2017.