Elon Musk has alleged that the previous management of Twitter permitted U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies to access users’ direct messages on the platform.

“The degree to which government agencies effectively had full access to everything that was going on on Twitter blew my mind,” Musk said during the interview. “I was not aware of that.”

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When asked if that included people’s DMs, the Twitter CEO replied, “Yes,” adding, “Because the DMs aren’t encrypted.” 

Musk also announced his intention to introduce a feature that would allow users to encrypt direct messages to reduce government intervention. He plans to reveal this new feature later this month.

He said, “The law could give an unelected official the power to weaken the privacy of billions of people around the world.”

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