When Esther the Wonder Pig vanished from Twitter on Friday, legions of loyal followers came to her defence with a message for the social media platform:

You stepped in it.

"FIX THIS NOW," wrote one follower, along with the hashtag #FreeEstherThePig.

"WTF?!!!!!" added another.

A screen capture of @estherthepig posted online by Priscilla Pop (@mmqs) early Friday shows the account from which the owners of the 650-pound social media star post images and videos of Esther eating, sleeping and dressing up, along with other updates, has been locked.

"Our Terms of Service require everyone who uses Twitter to be 13 or older, and we have determined that you did not meet the minimum age requirement at the time this account was created," says the accompanying notification.

According to her Facebook page, Esther is seven — or 42 in human years.

— Priscilla Pop (@mmqs) May 22, 2019

By Friday afternoon, @estherthepig had been removed entirely from the platform, sparking a stream of outraged Tweets. Several users noted they missed her typical "Good Morning" message.

— Kathy in VA (@M31Kathy) May 24, 2019

— Kimberly Davis (@Kimberl04757685) May 24, 2019

Esther's Campbellville-based owners, Derek Walter and Steve Jenkins, did not immediately respond to The Spectator's requests for comment. Meanwhile, her Facebook and Instagram pages, which both have hundreds of thousands of followers, remain active.

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