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　　On the one hand, Musk is pressing step by step, and on the other hand, former employees report, and Twitter, which has internal and external troubles, begins to form a new team.

　　On August 24, local time, Reuters reported that social media company Twitter (Twitter) is forming a special team to clean up fake accounts and reduce harmful content. An internal employee memo says the new team, called Health Products and Services (HPS), will consist of the health experience team, which filters out misinformation and harmful content, and the health experience team, which reviews user profiles, Merged service teams that delete spam accounts.

Twitter corporate headquarters. IC diagram

　　Ella Irwin, who joined Twitter in June, will lead the team, and Irwin wrote in an email to employees: "We can't work alone, but work together as a team, focusing on more specific issues."

　　Reuters said that Twitter is in the difficult predicament of being attacked by the enemy, and the creation of the HPS team is of great significance.

　　The situation on Twitter is not optimistic. On the one hand, the war with Tesla CEO Elon Musk is heating up. Musk is pressing hard, trying to bring down Twitter in the acquisition, ending the $44 billion deal.

　　On the other hand, a whistleblower letter from former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko brought Twitter to the fore. According to the "Washington Post" report on August 23, Zatko accused Twitter of "extremely serious loopholes" in privacy security, content moderation, and detection of the number of fake accounts.

　　In July, Zatko filed an 84-page indictment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice. He pointed out three major problems with Twitter in the document - outdated systems and software that cannot withstand attacks from external hackers; employees' permissions are confusing and can access user data at will; there are loopholes in the detection process of the number of fake accounts.

　　According to the filing, more than half of Twitter's 500,000 servers run outdated software that hasn't been upgraded, and more than a quarter of its employees don't have system upgrades on their computers. This results in devices being unable to encrypt stored data and perfect security patches.

　　Zatko also said that about half of Twitter's 7,000 full-time employees had free access to the system's core and user data, and that access was not monitored. In addition, thousands of laptops contain complete copies of Twitter's source code, making the company extremely vulnerable to hackers.

　　In addition, Twitter has prioritized increasing its user base over reducing the number of fake accounts, and has incentivized executives to increase its user base with bonuses of up to $10 million. In May, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal vowed that "the company has a strong desire to remove as many fake accounts as possible."

Source: Agrawal Twitter

　　Zatko's complaint echoes Musk's skepticism about the number of fake accounts, an opportunity the social media geek didn't miss. On the day the report was released, he tweeted the movie "Pinocchio" emoji package with the words "Blow a whistle", implying that he supported Zatko's "whistle blowing" behavior.

　　In addition, he shared a screenshot of the latest Washington Post report, which reads: “According to four people familiar with Twitter’s process for assessing fake accounts, the number of fake accounts the company provided to Wall Street was not real, and Twitter also concealed Several items of internal data were obtained. According to an internal document, this internal data was shared within the board.”

　　Musk expressed his thoughts: "The data about the fake accounts is indeed shared within the board, but they are reluctant to make it public..."

Source: Musk Twitter

　　According to CNN, Zatko's lawyer, John Tye, said they have not been in touch with Musk. Tye emphasized that Zatko had started the whistleblowing process long before Musk announced his acquisition of Twitter.

　　According to The New York Times, Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, said they were interested in Zatko’s claims and had sent a subpoena to the “whistleblower.”

　　It is worth noting that Musk's legal team is fully prepared for the trial to be held on October 17, and has already subpoenaed a number of key figures, including former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Jack Dorsey), former general manager of consumer goods Kayvon Beykpour and Bruce Falck, former head of revenue products.

　　As of the close of U.S. stocks on August 23, Twitter fell 7.39% to $39.86 per share, far lower than Musk’s proposed acquisition price of $54.20 per share.