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Can't load twitter : https://twitter.com/ has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired.

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Twitter works fin on other browsers, just not firefox. Worked yesterday. Today I get: Oops.

The site at https://twitter.com/ has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the data transmission was detected.

   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Mac Catalina, Firefox 81.0 thanks

Twitter works fin on other browsers, just not firefox. Worked yesterday. Today I get: Oops. The site at https://twitter.com/ has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the data transmission was detected. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. Mac Catalina, Firefox 81.0 thanks

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Ctrl + F5 ??

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Ctrl + F5 ??

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That was it. Actually, that is for windows. I'm on Mac so its CNtrl-Shift+R.. But same concept and solved. thanks!

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Ctrl+F5 is only a temporary fix for this issue. I use Firefox Containers to open Twitter and every time I opened a new tab with Twitter in it's own container this error appears. Ctrl+F5 does fix it temporarily, until I open another tab for Twitter.

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You can clear the Cache and remove the Cookies for websites that cause problems via the "3-bar" Firefox menu button (Options/Preferences).

"Remove the Cookies" for websites that cause problems:

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data: "Manage Data"

"Clear the Cache":

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data -> Clear Data -> Cached Web Content: Clear
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Go to about:serviceworkers and look for the Twitter service worker, then unregister that.

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Alexei Solonari said

Go to about:serviceworkers and look for the Twitter service worker, then unregister that.

That worked fine