‘Tape or chewing gum’: Twitter’s lapses echo worldwide

A recent bombshell whistleblower report from Twitter’s former head of security alleges that the social media company has been negligently lax on cybersecurity and privacy protections for its users for years. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organisers around the world, Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently, directly.

It’s also a constant risk-and-reward calculation.