Twitter Stops Users From Sending Direct Message On Android, iOS: Report

This could be just a bug, although Twitter hasn't confirmed anything yet.

Twitter users can still send a direct message by looking up the desired account in the messages tab.

Twitter has removed the option to send a direct message to another account directly from a profile page on Android and iOS applications, many users reported. The "DM" button, which usually appears next to the follow and notification buttons, has disappeared without any replacement, reported 9to5Google.

This seems to be the situation for all Twitter accounts and is probably just a small bug.

It is difficult to figure out whether this was done on purpose by the platform given the way the service is now run.

In the meantime, users can still send a direct message by looking up the desired account in the messages tab, the report said.

Last week, Twitter Boss Elon Musk had announced that a higher-priced subscription to the microblogging platform with no ads will be available in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Musk also announced that the upcoming update of the platform will make it less mandatory for users to use the "For You" algorithmic timeline.

Meanwhile, a new whistleblower has reportedly revealed that privacy violations and data security infringements continued unabated under the regime of Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk. The whistleblower has informed US Congress that privacy lapses were allowed despite knowing that they could result in potential legal risks and actions, including strict penalties. 

In a complaint filed by the whistleblower in mid-October last year, a maximum of 4,000 company employees were allowed to access an internal function nicknamed "GodMode," according to a report by Bloomberg. The allegations are that they were allowed to use this system, which allows them to have control over private Twitter accounts. It also means that they could delete or post anything from such Twitter handles. 

Just two weeks after the complaint was filed, Elon Musk became the company CEO, and it remains unclear whether the issue was settled later on or not.

The US Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and members of Congress received the complaint, which says that the micro-blogging platform did not have the capability to log the users of GoMode. It said, "Twitter does not have the capability to log which, if any, engineers use or abuse GodMode."

Following the filing of the complaint, multiple executives overseeing the cybersecurity, privacy-related matters, and legal compliance issues have quit the organisation.

The anonymous whistleblower was working at Twitter as an engineer during the time of filing the complaint. However, the person is no longer employed at the company.

(With inputs from IANS)