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They Won't Be Able to Hide What They've Been Doing: Twitter Source Code Locked Down After Musk Takeover
TWJ ^ | Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | Jack Davis

Posted on 04/25/2022 7:50:12 PM PDT by Boomer

Twitter has taken the unusual step of locking down its source code after its board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, according to a new report.

According to Bloomberg, the code lockdown will make it harder for employees — disgruntled or otherwise — to make changes. Bloomberg cited as its source “people familiar with the matter” who were not named.

Any changes to Twitter’s code will require approval from a vice president, Bloomberg reported.

Twitter acted “to keep employees who may be miffed about the deal from ‘going rogue,’” the Bloomberg report said, citing one of its sources.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: disgruntledworkers; elonmusk; goingrogue; musk; rogue; sabotage; twitter; zottherussiantrolls
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1 posted on 04/25/2022 7:50:12 PM PDT by Boomer
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To: Boomer

That’s kind of a big deal.

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2 posted on 04/25/2022 7:52:45 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Boomer

I just added popcorn to my shopping list for tomorrow.


3 posted on 04/25/2022 7:52:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Boomer

Does this code contain the algorithms?


4 posted on 04/25/2022 7:54:32 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: Boomer

release it. we can crowd source it.


5 posted on 04/25/2022 7:57:13 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Boomer

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The Search Engines do the same thing.

Things and Pictures of Biden aren’t found in the first 130 pages.

In fact, if you add certain uncomplimentary words to Biden, they offer uncomplimentary pictures and posts of Trump instead. It’s all in the algorithm.

Wikipedia removed FACTS about Hunter Biden saying they didn’t want them to be used in “conspiracy theories.”

This is way beyond Google and Twitter, even though they are much bigger and much more obvious.


6 posted on 04/25/2022 7:57:51 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Cornpop was a bad dude)
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To: Boomer

Had they not done so, and sabotage occurred, Musk could have pursued litigation against them.


7 posted on 04/25/2022 7:58:14 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Boomer

Elon is now the most high-profile champion of Free Speech in the world.


8 posted on 04/25/2022 7:58:58 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Boomer

This may turn out to be the best cat fight so far in this century.
I just ran to the store for a case of popcorn.


9 posted on 04/25/2022 7:59:01 PM PDT by Tupelo (Don't underestimate The Republican Party's ability to f*ck things up)
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To: Boomer; ShadowAce; unix
The site code is interesting and some Twitter projects have been published as open source. Musk has said he would open source the algorithms. This would allow the public to see what news, accounts, tweets are prioritized and what is demoted. This would be telling in terms of bias, influence, etc.
10 posted on 04/25/2022 7:59:44 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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11 posted on 04/25/2022 8:00:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Boomer

I know nothing about such things but I’d bet Musk ordered that and “headed them off at the pass” as we say here in Colorado.


12 posted on 04/25/2022 8:00:29 PM PDT by laplata (")
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“Does this code contain the algorithms?”

A little off topic, but I was not aware that Al Gore had any rhythm.


13 posted on 04/25/2022 8:01:04 PM PDT by Tupelo (Don't underestimate The Republican Party's ability to f*ck things up)
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To: Boomer

Hmmm I wonder if Musk insisted on that as a condition of purchase.🤔


14 posted on 04/25/2022 8:04:35 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: laplata
I know nothing about such things but I’d bet Musk ordered that and “headed them off at the pass” as we say here in Colorado.


15 posted on 04/25/2022 8:04:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tupelo

Get rhythm when you get the Blues.😁


16 posted on 04/25/2022 8:07:06 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: HonkyTonkMan

This would be amazing!


17 posted on 04/25/2022 8:08:19 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Don’t forget BUTTER!!!!


18 posted on 04/25/2022 8:11:10 PM PDT by Jayster (Legalize Marijuana )
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To: HonkyTonkMan

It would be interesting, and telling. It would blow the lid off things.

Which is exactly why we will never see them.

We will see something, but damned if it won’t be reasonably normal.

And the circus shall go on.


19 posted on 04/25/2022 8:12:35 PM PDT by Sarcazmo
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To: Boomer

Excellent. Now we need to hear the details from Twitter’s programmers. Some of them will want to talk.


20 posted on 04/25/2022 8:12:55 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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