Twitter suspends former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne: Libertarian and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne had his Twitter account suspended. It was unclear what led to this action, though he has been pushing stories of alleged election fraud heavily on Twitter, as well as "teasing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey." While it initially appeared that this was a permanent ban, Byrne's account has since been restored, though he has created accounts at Parler and Minds, and is an investor in Locals.com, all upstart alternative social media sites.