Infamous Mango Inquirer page returns after original disappears on Facebook

The man behind one of the Territory’s most infamous Facebook pages has given a cryptic insight into what’s behind the original account’s sudden disappearance.

The man behind one of the Territory’s most infamous social media accounts has given a cryptic insight into what has happened to his page after its abrupt disappearance from Facebook.

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.”

However, as of Saturday the Mango Inquirer has made a return to Facebook on a different domain.

Another of Mr Joyce’s pages, the Truffle Tribune, originally made to “hold business, government, institutions, political operators and the establishment to account” has been renamed in favour of the more popular satire page.

The renamed page announced it’s arrival at 8pm on Saturday with the message “We’re back, baby! If the original page gets restored, I guess we’ll have twins. We are The Mango Inquirer.”

Shannon Joyce the Mango Inquirer.

In the wake of the original’s shutdown multiple spoof accounts, all with Mango names, 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.