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Twitter allowed all staff access to personal user accounts, whistleblower says

By Christopher Hutton
Published January 24, 2023 3:24pm ET
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Twitter allowed all staff access to personal user accounts, whistleblower says
Carlos Monje, Twitter's director of public policy and philanthropy, told the Senate Commerce Committee that his company will be rolling out plans to inform each user about accounts linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency in the near future. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) | Matt Rourke

A new Twitter whistleblower alleges that company employees had software that any staff member could have used to tweet from other users’ accounts, violating regulations.

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