Twitter is facing a tough Tuesday as senators gear up to hear testimony from a whistleblower alleging widespread security deficiencies at the social media company — the same day Twitter shareholders vote on whether to approve Elon Musk’s embattled $44 billion deal to buy the company.
The Senate Judiciary hearing featuring whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko and shareholder vote come after Musk has leveraged Zatko’s allegations in his legal attempt to back out of the agreement to buy Twitter, and as lawmakers have ramped up scrutiny of Twitter and other social media companies’ ability to protect users ahead of the upcoming midterms.
Here are five things to watch ahead of the hearing.
Tech scrutiny has emerged as a rare unifying issue in Congress, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle attacking dominant tech platforms like Twitter.
Many of the issues raised by Zatko in his 84-page complaint — sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and lawmakers — get to the heart of concerns Democrats and Republicans have pressed social media companies on, according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post in August.
When announcing the hearing in August, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a joint statement stating the allegations of “widespread security failures and foreign state actor interference at...
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