The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.
The situation began in 2017 when an official working with U.S. Central Command requested that Twitter verify some of the military’s accounts.
At least five Twitter executives have left in recent days, as one of the world’s largest ad companies said clients should pause spending on the social media platform.
Musk, Twitter’s largest shareholder and one of its highest-profile users, could very well use the social media platform against itself and even buy enough shares to take over the company.
The move has implications for a social network where world leaders, lawmakers, celebrities and more than 217 million users conduct their daily public discourse.
A long-planned shift in how people’s information may be used online is having a dramatic impact on internet companies that have spent years building businesses around selling ads.
Dorsey’s exit marks a significant shift at the company, which has navigated years of pressure from investors who thought it did not make enough money and criticism from Washington.
The union’s creation is highly unusual for the tech industry, which has long resisted efforts to organize its largely white-collar workforce.
For months, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube prepared to clamp down on misinformation on Election Day in the U.S. On Tuesday, most of their plans went off without a hitch. The social platforms added labels to misleading posts by President Donald Trump and notified their users ...
On Thursday, simmering discontent among Republicans over the power that Facebook and Twitter wield over public discourse erupted into open acrimony.
