Twittter is facing a new proposed class action suit accusing the company of violating user privacy.
Twitter Is Being Sued for Scanning Direct Messages
The proposed class action suit says the company has been “systematically intercepting, reading, and altering” DMs.
Anthony Quintano for Re/code
The lawsuit says the company has been “systematically intercepting, reading, and altering” direct messages, most likely a reference to Twitter’s longstanding practice of automatically shortening and redirecting any in-message links.
While the practice could be used to monitor or redirect any URLs included in a direct message, it’s generally seen as a benign extension of the company’s broader link-shortening systems. In a statement to USA Today, Twitter called the allegations “meritless.”
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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