Twitter will now prompt high-profile political accounts to ramp up security

So you like TNW? Then join our upcoming online event, TNW2020, you don’t want to miss it. Twitter will start nudging high-profile political accounts to ramp up their login security ahead of the 2020 US election. In a blog post, the company announced a select group of Congress members, government officials, news outlets, and even individual journalists will soon start receiving notifications, prompting them to strengthen their password if necessary and activate two-factor authentication. [Read more: These tech trends defined 2020 so far, according to 5 founders] “Starting today, these accounts will be informed via an in-app notification from Twitter of some…

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