Twitter Paying $150 Million in Settlement Over Using Phone Numbers for Targeted Ads

May 26th, 2022

Via: Cnet:

Twitter is paying a $150 million penalty as part of a settlement over the US Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that it used account security data like phone numbers and email addresses to target advertising at users.

The company had told users their phone numbers and emails would be used to protect their accounts with two-factor authentication, but then also used them for advertising purposes between 2014 and 2019, the FTC said Wednesday.

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