Well Played

Oh yes, well played indeed.

Following the leak of Murugesan’s comments, internal memos to Twitter staff were leaked to Project Veritas warning “increased targeting” of employees, referred to within the company as “Tweeps.”

“Groups like Project Veritas are active right now,” Twitter’s security team told staff. “These groups use social engineering tactics to get close to employees and obtain videos and recordings of employees discussing internal company matters and often selectively edit those recordings to misrepresent conversations to further their own political or ideological agendas.”

“Given the interest in Twitter at the moment, we expect for this targeting to continue and possibly increase, and it’s more important than ever that we remain vigilant,” the memo read before urging staff, “Do not disclose confidential, proprietary information, or discuss internal conversations, policies or products outside of the office.”

The question of course, being how did Project Veritas get hold of this?

In Tuesday’s leaked footage, Martinez unwittingly showed the undercover Project Veritas journalist the memo.

“It’s like some group that’s just trying to out the employees,” Martinez told the Project Veritas journalist. “Like they’re trying to go on dates with them, like this, and record them… and say, ‘This is what a Twitter employee just said.’”

Martinez added, “You’re lucky that you met me organically cause I would be questioning everything about you.”

This is hilarious. What else can you say?