Twitter Bans Sharing of Private People’s Photos, Videos Without Consent
Users will no longer be able to share private media, such as photos and videos, of another person without their permission, a move aimed at improving privacy and security.
Court confirms Twitter’s €450,000 fine
Dublin Circuit Court confirmed the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) decision to impose an administrative fine on Twitter.
Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting
Twitter is planning to test new privacy-related features aimed at giving users greater control over their follower lists and who can see their posts and likes.
Twitter’s Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
Legal challenge seeks to stop ministers sending disappearing messages
Self-destructing messages are undemocratic, say transparency campaigners preparing judicial review.
Twitter will soon let you use a security key as your only 2FA method
Twitter is planning a future update that will allow accounts enabled with two-factor authentication to use security keys as the only authentication method.
Ireland brings in tough laws on revenge porn and online bullying
Parliament unanimously approves laws that could result in a 10-year jail sentence.
Tech Giants Hope for US Data Privacy Law
Google, Twitter and Amazon are hopeful that Joe Biden’s incoming administration in the United States will enact a federal digital data law
Trump Twitter Account Hacker Won’t Be Punished
The Netherlands’ Public Prosecution Service has announced that, the Dutch hacker who broke into the Twitter account of Donald Trump, will not be punished.
Twitter fined by Ireland over bug that made private tweets public, in world first for EU data privacy law
Twitter has been fined over a bug that made private tweets public, in a world-first for data protection laws.
FTC launches sweeping privacy study of top tech platforms
The move appears to be a wide-reaching inquiry into everything major tech companies know about their users and what they do with that data.
Chinese embassy blames hackers for retweet of Trump’s claim that Democrats cheated in election
The Chinese embassy in the U.S. said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the election.