Twitter sale to Elon Musk raises questions over national security concerns, agency platform use

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is raising national security concerns among cyber policy experts monitoring how federal agencies are using the platform, particularly potential complications around content moderation moving forward.

Several federal agencies with cyber duties are using Twitter to share updates on their activities and spread awareness of cyber best practices, and senior officials at the agency level and White House also have individual accounts.

Twitter’s new ownership is a “good signaling” for agencies to revisit communications plans and...