WATCH: Whistleblower testifies that he informed Twitter exec about foreign agent(s) on their payroll

WATCH: Whistleblower testifies that he informed Twitter exec about foreign agent(s) on their payroll — and exec didn't care

Sarah D | 12:17 PM on September 13, 2022

Let’s be clear about something: Twitter is pretty important to Twitchy. In our ten and a half years of existence, almost every single one of our posts has included tweets.

That said, we have absolutely no problem acknowledging that Twitter is an abject dumpster fire. Their rules are applied arbitrarily (and by “arbitrarily,” we mean “overwhelmingly to conservatives”). They claim to believe in transparency while suspending and banning users without any real explanation. And, of course, there’s the whole thing with Twitter seemingly being beholden to foreign governments.

With regard to that last one, former Twitter Chief Security Officer Peiter “Mudge” Zatko testified today that, not only was there at least one foreign agent working at Twitter, but Twitter didn’t seem to care when it was brought to their attention:

Former Twitter security executive Peiter "Mudge" Zatko says that he broached the topic of a foreign asset working at Twitter to another executive, who brushed off Mr. Zatko's concern. pic.twitter.com/8lAbsXPPMB

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 13, 2022

That seems … not good.

"At least one agent" of a #China intelligence agency on #Twitter payroll, testifies @dotMudge.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 13, 2022

A Chinese intelligence agent, you say?

In response to a @SenFeinstein question, @dotMudge says with a suspected foreign agent of #India inside #Twitter "it was extremely difficult" to log and track what information was being accessed.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 13, 2022

So foreign agents from multiple countries have allegedly had access to Twitter users’ data?