Musk fired the lawyer responsible for telling him what happens if Weiss or Taibbi click that button. https://t.co/pFlDEalF2S
Hopefully that button doesn’t actually work for them; Twitter has put a lot of work into internal access controls. If those two have been provisioned DM access, I expect that’s, at a minimum, an FTC reportable security incident.
I don't see "for the lulz" as an exception to the SCA.
Most internal access is justified under (5), but there is no way providing access to non-employee journalists (and therefore the public) would fit. https://t.co/uWvWs7WfcT
Feels like Weiss' thread should be enough for the FTC to open an investigation into a violation of the consent decree and perhaps get a subpoena for Twitter's internal access logs.
The new head of T&S denies that Weiss and team have access to DMs, which has to be squared with claims that their access was extensive and unfiltered.
https://twitter.com/ellagirwin/status/1601084794288640000 https://t.co/8qlE7EOEqr
Prof. Kerr confirms my hunch that Twitter would face liability under the SCA if they do give anybody access to DMs or release them publicly:
https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1601096621919305730