Privacy concerns following Elon Musk's Twitter purchase

26/04/2022 | The Guardian

Now that the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk has been aggreed, several privacy concerns have arisen following Mr Musk's comments. He has said that he wants to introduce a real-name policy to authenticate "all humans". He also wants to open-source the company's algorithm, for example. In related news, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a blog article outlining what Elon Musk should do in order to protect privacy and security for Twitter users. 

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