Twitter was accused of “outrageous” deficiencies in regarding cyber security and personal data. It was first revealed by a whistleblower Peiter Zatko, an ex-executive of Twitter and head of security. His alleged security problems of Twitter included too many of Twitter’s staff having access to central controls, twitter's executives covering up serious vulnerabilities to the public, and not monitoring bots on the platform. Another potential problem was that there could be one or more employees at the moment who may be working for a foreign intelligence service.

This sheds light on the potentially very harmful social media industry. The multi-billion dollar industry seems to have prevailing personal data protocols. It is widely known that Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter do not properly delete user data even when an account has been deleted. These actions have eventually led to boycotts or criticism against social media giants, and monitoring the current situation to see Twitter's subsequent actions is necessary.