Thursday, 5 March, 2026
Twitter to cough up $150M penalty over misuse of users' data
By Basit Ansari
<p>Twitter will pay a $150 million fine and implement new security measures. The social media network allegedly failed to secure the privacy of its users' data, according to federal regulators. Twitter informed users that their phone numbers and email addresses were being kept private for security reasons. However, it also used the information to offer targeted internet advertisements to platform users.<br />
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