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Swedish game developer Markus Persson, the creator of popular sandbox game Minecraft and who is better known as Notch, has deleted his Twitter account @notch. This comes after Persson promised to quit the social media platform if British games journalist Mark Brown “dropped the politics” from Game Maker’s Toolkit, a YouTube channel devoted to covering video games. “Deleting my twitter account. I entered a deal with @gamemakerstk where he would drop the politics,” Persson wrote on Twitter right before pulling the plug on his account. “One small step towards the old internet.” Context pic.twitter.com/Y3NFwtfFBj— Game Maker's Toolkit (@gamemakerstk) August 28,…