Twitter To Pay br $150 Million for Using , Phone Numbers and br Emails To Target Ads.br The settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) br and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires br Twitter to pay $150 million for deceptively using br members' information for targeted advertising.br The settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) br and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires br Twitter to pay $150 million for deceptively using br members' information for targeted advertising.br The lawsuit claims Twitter was dishonest about its policies between 2013 and 2019 which violated the br FTC Act and an order from a 2011 settlement. .br The $150 million penalty reflects the seriousness of the allegations against Twitter, and the substantial new compliance measures to be imposed as a result of today’s proposed settlement will help prevent further misleading tactics that threaten users’ privacy, Vanita Gupta, Associate Attorney General, via statement.br The FTC fined Facebook $5 billion br for similar behavior in 2019.br Once it is approved by a federal court, Twitter must notify anyone who joined the platform prior to Sept. 2019 of the settlement.br The company must also regularly br test and audit privacy safeguards.br Damien Kieran, br Twitter chief br privacy officer, br addressed the br settlement online.br Our settlement with the FTC reflects Twitter’s pre-existing commitments and investments in security and privacy. , Damien Kieran, Twitter chief privacy officer, via Twitter.