The GitHub user who posted the Twitter source code has the username "FreeSpeechEnthusiast," possibly a reference to Twitter owner Elon Musk casting himself as a protector of free speech.

GitHub initially pulled the code from the website after Twitter filed a DMCA takedown, but it’s unclear exactly how long the source code—or what portion of it—was posted, but The New York ...

GitHub declined to comment on the decision to remove the code, but posted Twitter’s takedown request on its website. The leak comes as Mr. Musk has promised to make some of Twitter’s code public.

GitHub is the host with the most for open-source projects and programmers who want to share and collaborate on code. Here’s why. GitHub is at heart a Git repository hosting service, i.e. a cloud ...