Beijing time on May 26 news,Twitter will pay $150 million (about 1 billion yuan) fine, in order to settle privacy lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Previously,Twitter accused of deceptively using users’ email addresses and phone numbers to serve targeted ads. In addition to fines,Twitter also has to undergo an audit of its data privacy program, among other restrictions.
The lawsuit alleges,Twitter misrepresented its policies to users between 2013 and 2019, violating both the Federal Trade Commission Act and a 2011 settlement order. Twitter is encouraging users to add phone numbers or email addresses to enable security measures such as two-factor authentication. But in fact, Twitter also incorporates this information into ad targeting data. Twitter apologized for the practice in 2019.
“The $150 million fine reflects the seriousness of the allegations against Twitter.Many new compliance measures will be implemented under today’s proposed settlementwhich will help prevent more misleading tactics that threaten user privacy,” Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement. In 2019, the FTC targeted Facebook for similar practices Filed a lawsuit and fined it $5 billion.
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