Twitter swears it’s not reading your private messages

Twitter has denied claims that it regularly reads private messages sent on the popular social network.

The tech giant spoke out after a recent report showed footage of alleged Twitter employees talking about how they often browse personal direct messages, or “DMs.”

In the clip, one supposed staffer who had seen hundreds of obscene messages admitted: “I’ve seen a lot of d–k pics.”

Clay Haynes, a security engineer at Twitter, is captured saying: “I’ve seen way more penises that I’ve ever wanted to see in my life.”

Haynes says that rather than relying on robots to trawl Twitter for dodgy content, Twitter pays staffers to do the job instead.



“There are teams dedicated to it,” he claims. “I mean, we’re talking three or four…at least, three or four hundred people.”

A DM engineer called Pranay Singh is quoted as saying: “All your sex messages and your, like, d–k pics are on my server right now. All your legitimate wives and, like, all the girls you’ve been f—ing around with, they’re on my server now.”

The video was originally posted by Project Veritas, a news site run by conservative US political activist James O’Keefe, who has connections to the founder of Breitbart, a notorious far-right outlet.

But Twitter says the Project Veritas report is misleading.

In a statement sent to The Sun, a Twitter spokesperson said: “The individuals depicted in this video were speaking in a personal capacity and do not represent or speak for Twitter.

“We deplore the deceptive and underhanded tactics by which this footage was obtained and selectively edited to fit a pre-determined narrative.”

“Twitter is committed to enforcing our rules without bias and empowering every voice on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules.”

The company told The Sun Online that employees “do not pro-actively review DMs.”

It added: “A limited number of employees have access to such information, for legitimate work purposes.

“We enforce strict access protocols for those employees.”

Source:nypost.com