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Ever wanted to get your own verification tick for your Twitter profile? Today, Twitter has announced that its re-opening public applications for account verification next month, an option which has been on hiatus since 2017. Thanks for your feedback on verification. We’re sharing our new policy, information about how to apply for verification in 2021, and other ways we’re working to help people understand who they’re talking with on Twitter. As per Twitter: "Were excited to relaunch pub...

Twitter unveils effort to reduce toxic tweets John Bowden © Getty Images Twitter unveils effort to reduce toxic tweets Twitter said Thursday it is increasing its efforts to combat negativity on the platform by testing a feature that will show users prompts indicating mutual interests shared by them and people to whom they respond on the platform. In an emailed statement to Mashable, the company confirmed it began testing the feature among roughly 10 percent of Android users w...

Get Permission For the first time, a U.S. technology firm has been fined under the EUs General Data Protection Regulation. Irelands Data Protection Commission on Tuesday hit social media giant Twitter with a 450,000 euros ($547,000) fine for failing to report and document a data breach within 72 hours, as required under GDPR. In 2018, a bug in Twitters design specific to Android devices inappropriately exposed protected messages from 88,000 users, the commission says. The commission says that ...

Twitter fined half a million dollars for late data breach reporting Better late than never? Not under GDPR. Image: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter has been issued a big fine for late reporting of a data breach under GDPR rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission slapped a fine of €450,000 ($547,000) on the social media company for failing to report an issue — which saw protected tweets become unprotected for some Android users — within the legally requi...