• emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      it was part of a consent decree caused by Twitter's previous violations of FTC regulations, so like in lieu of prosecution they agree to certain shit

      • ObamaHamburger [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Lmao. “You violated the law. The punishment is that you have to actually do work”

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          looks like they also had to pay $150m but I don't know if that ended up sticking

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      just to follow-up, here is the actual consent decree with more background info:

      https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2011/03/ftc-accepts-final-settlement-twitter-failure-safeguard-personal-information-0

      and more digestible form, the DoJ's press release about it:

      https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/twitter-agrees-doj-and-ftc-pay-150-million-civil-penalty-and-implement-comprehensive