Ex-Security Whistleblower Claims Twitter Has Major Cybersecurity Weaknesses

Twitter’s Ex-Security Head Files Whistleblower Complaint on Spam, Privacy Issues – The Wall Street Journal Senate and Congressional committee leaders are looking into claims from Twitter’s former security chief that the platform has questionable cybersecurity defenses and weak measures to fend off spam. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission accusing Twitter of deceiving shareholders and the Federal Trade Commission. He claimed that there were widespread security failures, willful misrepresentations …

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Elon Musk Puts Twitter Buyout On Hold- What’s His Next Move?

Elon Musk wants to know how many fake accounts Twitter has, but experts say his approach is all wrong – CNBC Elon Musk said he would put his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter “on hold” while he researched the proportion of fake and spam accounts on the platform. Twitter later admitted to overstating its users by 1.4 million to 1.9 million over the past three years. Musk said he would do a random sample of …

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Twitter Allows Hillary to Spread Russia Hoax Lies Without Fact-Checking

(ConservativeStar.com) – Just before the 2016 general election, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed her then-competitor turned president, Donald Trump, had a secret server tying him to a Putin-tied Russian bank. Although an investigation by Special Counsel John Durham found there was insufficient evidence to support the claim, Twitter has yet to flag or delete Clinton’s unsubstantiated accusation. Interestingly, this is the same social media platform that silenced Trump for his opinions about the 2020 …

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Trump Jr. Says His Social Media Accounts Have Been Throttled by Big Tech

(ConservativeStar.com) – President Donald Trump and his administration have long complained that tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been working together to squelch Conservative voices. Progressives and their media shills tend to scream “CONSPIRACY THEORY” or “DEBUNKED” every time a legitimate claim arises. Twitter has been throttling my reach and I’m getting 1/3 the amount of RTs I would normally get. Instagram is doing the same & worse for the last few days. …

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Trump Targeted by Big Tech

(ConservativeStar.com) – President Donald Trump and Big Tech have been at war with one another for months. The nation’s executive believes social media companies are unfairly targeting and censoring Conservative voices. On August 5, Facebook and Twitter decided they had to prove him right. The two social media giants launched attacks on Trump and his campaign. First, Facebook removed a post from the president’s main page because they believed he was spreading lies about the …

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Twitter Targets President’s Son

(ConservativeStar.com) – On Monday night, both President Donald Trump and his namesake son shared a video of a press conference with doctors speaking out against the response to COVID-19. Social media soon started pulling the viral moment off of their platforms, claiming it was full of misinformation. Then Twitter took it a step further and targeted Donald Trump Jr. According to reports, after Don Jr. shared the video, Twitter limited his account functionality for 12 …

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