Damning claims about Twitter’s bots and security lapses are ‘a false narrative,’ says CEO
by Richard Lawler from The Verge - All Posts on (#62TA2)
Laura Normand / The Verge This morning CNN and The Washington Post reported new whistleblower claims by Twitter's former head of security, Peiter Mudge" Zatko, that the company's statistics on bot activity are misleading, its security approach sucks, and that execs aren't incentivized to look further.
The timing of the report is key, given Elon Musk's arguments about why he should be allowed to break his agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion, and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has responded to the charges in an email sent to employees, posted to Twitter by CNN reporter Donie O'Sullivan.
NEW: First time Twitter CEO @paraga weighs in on whistleblower story.
- Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August...
Sending this message to staff this morning. pic.twitter.com/WY4TCqbA5q