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Elon Musk claims the U.S. government had 'full access' to private Twitter DMs
Updated 13:37, 17-Apr-2023
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The screenshot of the video excerpt from Tucker Carlson's Twitter. /CMG
The screenshot of the video excerpt from Tucker Carlson's Twitter. /CMG

The screenshot of the video excerpt from Tucker Carlson's Twitter. /CMG

Twitter CEO Elon Musk claimed in a video excerpt of Fox News interview that the U.S. government has "full access" to users' private direct messages (DMs) and he was shocked to find out about the government's ability to read users' direct messages on his platform.

The video excerpt was shared by host Tucker Carlson on Twitter ahead of his show, which is to air on Monday and Tuesday night on Fox News.

"The degree to which government agencies effectively had full access to everything that was going on on Twitter blew my mind," Musk said. "I was not aware of that."

"Would that include people's DMs?" Carlson asked Musk.

"Yes," Musk replied.

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