diff --git a/youtube_dlc/extractor/twitter.py b/youtube_dlc/extractor/twitter.py
index 8c35e285cf..78d8ebdd54 100644
--- a/youtube_dlc/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/youtube_dlc/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -615,4 +615,5 @@ class TwitterShortenerIE(TwitterBaseIE):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://t.co/'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        print(url)
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+        print(url)
+        return self.url_result(url, 'Generic')
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