Apart from revelations on India, Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, turned whistleblower recently, also accused the company of making false and misleading statements about its security practices, lying to Elon Musk about fake accounts, and having foreign intelligence spies on payroll
A sign outside the building housing the headquarters of Twitter in San Francisco on July 18, 2022. Twitter's former head of security has accused the social media company and its executives of “extensive legal violations.” (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
Twitter’s former head of security accused the company of making false and misleading statements about its security practices and lying to Elon Musk about fake accounts on its platform, potentially landing the social media service in new regulatory trouble as it tries to force Musk to complete a $44 billion deal to buy it.
Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s head of security who was terminated by the company in January, said in a whistleblower complaint that the firm had deceived the public by misrepresenting how it fights spam and hackers. That violated a 2011 agreement that Twitter had struck with the Federal Trade Commission, which had barred the company from misleading users about its security and privacy measures, he contended.
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