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ACT police 'baffled' by pornographic retweet from Twitter account









Force thanks Twitter users for bringing ‘untoward’ #ThonglessThursday tweet to its attention

















ACT police said it was not sure how image of full-frontal nudity ‘got on our page’. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA




Shalailah Medhora


Wednesday 31 December 2014 02.11 EST







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Australian Capital Territory police say they are baffled as to how an “untoward” tweet of a pornographic image was retweeted from their official account in what is proving to be a social media disaster for the force.
The original tweet by @KSanders0902 showed full-frontal nudity with the hashtag #ThonglessThursday.


— Maggs Dale Robert (@convictstock)
December 31, 2014
@KSanders0902 nice to see the ACT police in Canberra Australia think you #rock on #thonglessthursday @ACTPolicing pic.twitter.com/Mg45M3KqK7




On Wednesday afternoon, ACT police thanked Twitter users for bringing the “untoward” tweet to its attention, saying it was “not sure how it got on our page”.


— ACT Policing (@ACTPolicing)
December 31, 2014
Thanks to those who brought an untoward tweet to our attention. Not sure how it got on our page, but it's deleted and our account is secure.



The force deleted previously favourited tweets from @KSanders0902, whose account no longer exists. The mistake caused a flurry of reaction on Twitter.


— The NT News (@TheNTNews)
December 31, 2014
COME ON @NTPOLICE, WHERE'S OUR FREE PORN?! http://t.co/oUmUs5D4hp





— Susan Metcalfe (@susanamet)
December 31, 2014
. @ACTPolicing not sure how it got on our page??? You are the police.





— Patrick Melaugh (@melaugh71)
December 31, 2014
Well, the social media account manager at ACT policing has a resolution to add to the list





— Hey, Lady! (@beijingbecky)
December 31, 2014
@bevanshields85 @Henry_Belot @ACTPolicing it's a crime that they retweeted Thongless Thursday on a Wednesday. #toosoon





— Chris Urquhart (@chrisurquhart)
December 31, 2014
Hey I heard that they are projecting tweets on to the harbour bridge this NYE so just be careful @ACTPolicing





— Ann des Landes (@Ann_dLandes)
December 31, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, the people we rely on for protection from domestic violence.



A representative of the force said the matter was now closed but it would put out a statement at a later time if need be. He said the on-call media representative for the agency was out of the office on Wednesday afternoon.



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