Twitter bug makes some private Circle tweets public

It has been discovered that there is a bug on Twitter that is causing private Circle tweets to be visible to strangers.

A bug on Twitter is causing private Circle tweets to be visible to strangers, which is problematic for sensitive topics. Twitter may be failing to filter out Circle tweets before they’re shared, and private posts may no longer be trustworthy. Twitter has been experiencing technical issues since Elon Musk bought the company and laid off many employees, causing confusion over feature rollouts and removals, and making it harder to retain advertisers and turn a profit.

This bug means that you cannot trust that a private post will stay private, even if it has been labeled as Circle-only.

Twitter has been experiencing a growing number of technical issues since Elon Musk bought the company and laid off many employees. These issues include outages, changes to the API, and confusion over feature rollouts and removals. Although these issues are not necessarily causing users to leave the platform, they are not helping Twitter’s efforts to retain advertisers and turn a profit.