Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko’s claims that the social media giant has endangered users in China have raised questions about big tech’s responsibility to protect dissidents from state persecution.Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, has alleged that the social media platform became “dependent” on revenue from Chinese entities, which, some company figures feared, could be privy to information that would allow them to identify and glean sensitive information on users in China.Twitter, like Facebook and Google, is banned in mainland China, where open dissent against the ruling Communist Party carries the risk of severe punishment. Chinese users can only access the platform through an encrypted connection known as a virtual private network (VPN), the use of which is also prohibited.
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