From 2014 to 2019, Twitter asked more than 140 million users for their phone numbers and email addresses to 'protect' and 'secure' their accounts, and then exploited the data for profit, violating a 2011 FTC order.

$150m fine + ban from profiting from deceptively collected data:

RT @FTC@twitter.com

#BREAKING: @FTC@twitter.com charges @Twitter@twitter.com with deceptively using account security data to sell targeted ads: bit.ly/3PIM5MJ /1

🐦🔗: twitter.com/FTC/status/1529572…

FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell Targeted Ads

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Twitter, Inc. for deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising.

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