FTC on X (formerly Twitter): “ICYMI: FTC charges @Twitter with deceptively using account security data to sell targeted ads. FTC and @DOJCivil order Twitter to pay $150 million penalty for violating 2011 FTC order and cease profiting from deceptively collected data: https://t.co/QRWi25K2vo / X”
ICYMI: FTC charges @Twitter with deceptively using account security data to sell targeted ads. FTC and @DOJCivil order Twitter to pay $150 million penalty for violating 2011 FTC order and cease profiting from deceptively collected data: https://t.co/QRWi25K2vo
Twitter in the United States (US) has been fined $150 million after law enforcement officials accused the social media company of illegally using users’ data to sell targeted adverts.
In a Twitter post on Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a US agency that promotes consumer protection, charged Twiter with deceptively using users’ account security data to sell targeted adverts.