GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code

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GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code

GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code

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Published 27 Mar 2023

Microsoft-owned GitHub took down a repository by a user named “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” that contained proprietary source code to Twitter after the social network filed a DCMA takedown request. The username certainly seems to be a jab at Twitter owner Elon Musk, who has claimed to be a “free speech…

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