The man behind one of the Territory’s most infamous Facebook pages has given a cryptic insight into what’s behind the account’s sudden disappearance.
Shannon Joyce, aka the Mango Inquirer, arrives for his court appearance in Darwin.
The Mango Inquirer has long been known for sharing some of the Territory’s wackiest stories particularly on incidents of crime from CBD bust-ups to car thefts.
However, any attempts since Wednesday to load the page resulted in the bland “This page isn’t available” message.
The page, run by social media influencer Shannon Joyce, self-styled itself as “an edgy internet news source for stories missed by the mainstream Northern Territory media”.
When asked for comment Mr Joyce simply replied, “censorship, we were the Mango Inquirer.”
Shannon Joyce the Mango Inquirer.
In its wake multiple spoof accounts, all with Mango names, have emerged on Facebook including The Mango Inquired and another The Mango Inquirer.
The Mango Inquisition, created a day after the original was taken down, directly mentioned the page’s removal referring to Mr Joyce as “a very angry man”.
However, those spoof accounts all lack the original page’s trademark sign off “we are the Mango Inquirer”.
Mr Joyce recently launched the brand on YouTube where he kicked off his Darwin-based internet show.
As of May 19 the YouTube page has five videos, the most recent of which was released on April 23, and has 701 subscribers.
The page owner appeared in court last year after he livestreamed a confrontation with an “internet troll” who Mr Joyce threw white powder at.
After arriving at court in a limo, Mr Joyce pleaded guilty to the charge of aggravated assault and was handed a 12-month good behaviour bond.
