Twitter Employees Admit to Reading Users’ Private Messages and Viewing Personal Photos

According to a hidden camera investigation by Project Veritas, Twitter employees have admitted to reading users’ private messages and viewing their personal photos, including intimate content. The social network reportedly collects all possible user data, creates virtual dossiers, and sells this information to advertisers.

Hundreds of Employees Access Private Data

Clay Haynes, a senior network security engineer at Twitter, revealed that the company has “an entire team or at least three to four hundred people” who are paid to review users’ photos and messages, including those of an intimate nature.

Data Is Stored and Cannot Be Deleted

Twitter engineer Pranay Singh stated that all sexually explicit messages and intimate photos sent by users are stored on his server. “You can’t delete them, they’re already on my server,” he said. “All your legitimate wives and the girls you’ve had fun with are now on my server. I’ll send them to your wife, and she’ll use them in the divorce process.”

Users Pay with Their Personal Data

According to Twitter employees, users don’t pay for the service with money, but with their personal data. In reality, people reveal much more about themselves than they realize. Company staff collect this information and create “virtual profiles,” which are then sold to advertisers.

“To get money from advertisers, we have to prove that this is really your data. That’s why we use your email address, cookies, and other tracking methods,” explained Twitter engineer Mihai Florea.

Data Collected Even on Non-Users

Former Twitter engineer Conrado Miranda reported that Twitter’s databases contain information even about people who don’t have an account on the platform. “How can you protect yourself if this data falls into the wrong hands? You can’t. It’s simply impossible,” he noted.