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Simon & Schuster were heavily criticised by some media organisations over plans to publish Milo Yiannopoulos's autobiography, Dangerous.

"Being a corrupt, complicit fraud must be absolutely exhausting," one Twitter user wrote.

"Telling a woman what to do — specifically a woman of her accomplishments — is sexist and gross," one Twitter user wrote.

Adam Nicholls and Alexandra Knight both spent Christmas working in children's intensive care wards but spent Boxing Day searching for their missing cat after a callous burglary.

"When does this dude work?" one Twitter user questioned.

"That confederate flag in the background adds a whole new element to a white Christmas," one Twitter user wrote.

The Twitter archive is still not allowed for public access and will remain until embargo "until access issues can be resolved in a cost-effective and sustainable manner."

Speculation about the account's mysterious and sudden disappearance are doing the rounds on Twitter, with some claiming that Julian Assange deleted his own account.

The revelation comes as Twitter struggles to clamp down on harassment, hate speech, abusive and illegal behaviour on its platform.

"This may qualify as the stupidest thing she's ever said," one Twitter user said.

"Clapper has a half-century of experience in US intelligence. His words must be heeded," one Twitter user wrote.

We've put together a quiz that will test your knowledge on 2017's tumultuous events. Do you remember the past 12 months as well as you *think* you do?

"These two weeks ARE a gift. Spend them with your kids, you macho goon," Creature of London CEO Dan Cullen-Shute tweeted.

The tweet immediately triggered speculation that he could be looking to recruit Oculus CTO John Carmack.

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire, shared a touching and inspirational list of tweets that inspired him in 2017.

People are celebrating the contributions Muslims have made to good causes with #AVeryMerryMuslimChristmas.

Britain's only aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, was undergoing sea trials when a leak was discovered by engineers.

"What is it with Trump and his two-handed chipmunk-like style of drinking water?" one Twitter user wrote.

Matt Damon said in an interview there were a "s**tload of guys" who were not being talked about who had not been accused of sexual misconduct. People were not impressed.

"He's never not an a**hole. Never," Andy Lassner, an executive producer for The Ellen Show, tweeted.

Tennessee-based MoonPie has hit back at customers who insulted their products - with some hilarious results.

Daniel Kibblesmith, from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, took the US president down with a hilarious series of tweets, saying Trump wanted one adult ticket to see Boss Baby.

Kremlin-linked troll accounts on Twitter and Facebook have reportedly used fake profiles to incite anger and spread confusion following terror attacks in the UK.

After a Chinese woman realised other people could unlock her phone despite claims it was impossible, Apple has been accused of failing minorities.

"This is not even remotely normal. There's something going on here," one Twitter user said.

"Ted Cruz, the Jar Jar Binks of the Republican party," one Twitter user wrote.

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said he was "53, separated and skint" in an interview with the Daily Mail - but Twitter found it easy to mock him with British schadenfreude.

Twitter blasted Sarah Huckabee Sanders over her tweet about the most "underreported" Trump stories of 2017.

"You misspelled #NetNeutrality, you genetically altered butternut squash," one Twitter use fired back.

"Was this Trump's performance review?" one Twitter user questioned.