Whistleblower

A new Twitter whistleblower has accused the company of having a so-called “GodMode” that allows engineers to tweet from any account. According to The Washington Post, this former Twitter employee has met with Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding Twitter and its security issues.The whistleblower remains annonymous to prevent harassment and threats. Back on Friday, he/she also had a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee and House Energy. As per the whistleblower claims, the “GodMode” is now…

Twitter has a new whistleblower, as another former employee has sounded the alarm about security issues, according to The Washington Post. The new complainant, who has spoken with Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), says any Twitter engineer still has access to an internal program — formerly called “GodMode” — that lets them tweet from any account. The whistleblower’s complaint alleges GodMode (now renamed to “privileged mode”) remains on the laptop of any engineer who wants it, requiring only a production…

Plug-in hybrids use far more gasoline in the real world than regulatory agencies account for, according to a new analysis of data by the International Council on Clean Transportation, the research group that broke the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal. The ICCT analyzed data both from Fuelly, an app which helps drivers track their fuel efficiency, and from the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR). It then compared this data to regulatory agency estimates and found that PHEVs are not driving…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Finance Bill 2022 designed to support the implementation of the 2023 budget. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mrs Ahmed said the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation also presented a memo on group life insurance cover for the period 2022 to 2023. “This is an insurance cover…

An Aurora-based information technology services provider, 303 Technologies Inc., retaliated against an executive who raised concerns about its failure to pay trust fund taxes to the IRS. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that 303 Technologies Inc. violated the Taxpayer First Act. The administration ordered the company to reinstate the executive, with more than $81,000 in back wages, according to a Labor Department news release. The executive also was…

The lawsuit against Meta and OnlyFans’ parent company will move onto the next stage: discovery, where documentation of the allegations against the tech giants will theoretically be brought to light. Image: Gizmodo / Shutterstock (Shutterstock)A federal judge denied Meta and OnlyFans’ motions to dismiss a class action lawsuit against the company on Thursday. The case, filed in California federal court, alleges that Meta executives accepted bribes in exchange for preferentially allowing OnlyFans’ creators and their links to…

Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, has been urged by top US Senate Republican Chuck Grassley to conduct a threat assessment at the social media company to better protect US user data, following up on concerns raised by a whistleblower. Hacker Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, a whistleblower who served as Twitter's head of security until his firing in January, testified in September that some Twitter employees were concerned the Chinese government would be able to collect data on the company's users.In a letter to Musk dated Tuesday and…

When Vanderbilt University neuroscientist and physician Matthew Schrag went public earlier this year with concerns about apparently doctored images in scores of Alzheimer’s papers—including seminal research underpinning one aspect of the dominant amyloid hypothesis of the disease—he anticipated that his motives and analyses would be dissected. “I also expected every project that I ever participated in to be carefully scrutinized, and that my work would stand up…

Mark MacGann, the whistleblower behind the so-called Uber Files, said on Wednesday that the ride-hailing company seemed to be taking steps toward improving its work culture, but that its business model was still "absolutely" unsustainable.The Guardian and Le Monde newspapers reported in July that Uber broke laws and secretly lobbied politicians as part of an aggressive drive to expand into new markets from 2013 to 2017.MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying efforts to win over governments, identified himself as the source who…

Mark MacGann, the whistleblower behind the so-called Uber Files, said on Wednesday that the ride-hailing company seemed to be taking steps toward improving its work culture, but that its business model was still "absolutely" unsustainable. The Guardian and Le Monde newspapers reported in July that Uber Technologies Inc broke laws and secretly lobbied politicians as part of an aggressive drive to expand into new markets from 2013 to 2017. MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying efforts to win over governments, identified himself…