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Ever wanted to get your own verification tick for your Twitter profile? Today, Twitter has announced that it's 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: "We're excited to relaunch public applications for verification in 2021 through a new, self-serve application process that will ...

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 who use English as their primary language on the platform. The prompts will show users topics and...

Get Permission For the first time, a U.S. technology firm has been fined under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. Ireland's 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 Twitter's design specific to Android devices inappropriately exposed protected messages from 88,000 users, the commission says. The commission says that Twitter reported that data exposure in January 2019 - it was discovered on Dec. 26, 2018 - at whi...

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 required timeframe per Europe's General Data Protection Regulation. The DPC made its final decision on Tu...