The Flash movie leaked on Twitter, and it stayed for eight hours

This isn't the only movie to suffer the same fate as other movies including John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie were also leaked on Twitter.

• By Marcia Sekhose -
Published On: June 26, 2023

People have been misusing the ability to share videos up to two hours on Twitter by posting the newly released movies. This feature was launched last month, and it lets Twitter Blue subscribers post longer videos up to two hours, and that too in FHD resolution. Just a week after the feature debuted, the entire John Wick: Chapter 4 movie was posted on Twitter. Now, someone has shared The Flash movie on Twitter. 

The Flash movie leaked on Twitter 

• The Flash has been running for a week after it released in theatres on June 16th globally. It doesn't even have an OTT release yet but the entire movie was leaked on Twitter. The two-hour and 24-minute long movie in cam footage was posted on the micro-blogging site, according to a report by The Direct. 
• The leaked movie stayed on Twitter for a total of eight hours, and during which it received 1.7 million views, the report added. It was shared by this Twitter user @BriYoshFR whose account is currently suspended.
• It's speculated that the movie was taken down by the OP himself and not Twitter. But it's worth pointing out that the movie stayed on for a good eight hours unnoticed. 

This isn't the only movie to suffer the same fate as other movies including John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie were also leaked on Twitter. This is possible through Twitter's feature that lets Twitter Blue subscribers upload videos up to two hours long in FHD (1080p) format on the web and the iOS app. Android users have a cap of 10 minutes for uploading videos on Twitter. 

Last month, one Twitter user leaked John Wick: Chapter 4 movie in two parts with the first one running for one hour and 59 minutes. The remaining 38 minutes and 45 seconds of the movie was also added to the same tweet. The videos were later taken down due to copyright issues.

Piracy is still very much alive, and one wouldn't go to Twitter to watch or download a newly released movie. But these acts show how Twitter's feature to upload longer videos, has loopholes that people are not just trying out but testing it as well. Especially since Twitter has never been a video-focused platform.