Masking tape or gum Global effects of Twitter's errors
Twitter is a powerful tool for spreading messages quickly, effectively, and directly. This is true for fire departments, governments, corporations, school districts, local utilities, and grassroots organisations all around the world. In a shocking whistleblower revelation, Twitter's former head of security claims that the social media firm has long been carelessly neglectful in protecting its users' privacy and cybersecurity. While troubling for anybody using Twitter, the disclosures may be especially troubling for people who use it to communicate with constituents, disseminate information in times of crisis, and political dissidents and activists targeted by hackers or their own governments. The Internet Freedom Foundation, an Indian nonprofit that promotes digital rights, has a policy director named Prateek Waghre. "We tend to view these companies as large, well-resourced organizations that know what they're doing, but you realize that a lot of their actions are ad ...