Twitter stonewalled questions by members of the Standing Committee on Information Technology on the latest revelations made its former head of security Peiter Zatko who claimed that Indian government forced the social media firm to put a government agent on its payroll. At a meeting on Friday, the Twitter executives evaded questions on the subject.
The committee has asked Twitter to submit replies within a week’s time.
Mr. Zatko, as per a news report in Washington Post, filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding this. To several questions by the members on Mr. Zatko’s allegations, Twitter, which was represented by Samiran Gupta who heads Public Policy, Shagufta Qamran, director, Public Policy and Government, along with their legal head, claimed that Mr. Zatko’s claims are “motivated and vague”.
