Twitter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Fines === Twitter, and X, has been fined several times for non-compliance with laws and regulations. On May 25, 2022, Twitter was fined $150 million by the [[Federal Trade Commission]] and the United States Department of Justice for collecting users' contact details and using them for targeted advertising.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milmo |first=Dan |date=May 26, 2022 |title=Twitter fined $150m for handing users' contact details to advertisers |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/25/twitter-user-data-advertising-settlement}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Zakrzewski | first=Cat | title=Twitter to pay $150 million fine over deceptively collected data | newspaper=Washington Post | date=May 25, 2022 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/25/twitter-fine-ftc/}}</ref> In August 2023, Twitter was fined US$350,000 for failing to meet two deadlines to comply with a [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] search warrant for the account of former president [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Special counsel obtained search warrant for Donald Trump's Twitter account |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/special-counsel-obtained-search-warrant-for-donald-trumps-twitter-account-00110484 |website=[[Politico]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Twitter Fined $350,000 in Secret DOJ Fight Over Trump Records |url=https://time.com/6303088/twitter-x-doj-fine/ |access-date=August 11, 2023 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811052353/https://time.com/6303088/twitter-x-doj-fine/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2023, X was fined AU$610,500 by Australia's e-Safety Commission for failing to properly disclose information about how it polices [[child abuse]] content.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaye |first=Ron |date=October 16, 2023 |title=Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/australia-fines-musks-x-platform-386000-over-anti-child-abuse-gaps-2023-10-15/ |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Picciotto |first=Rebecca |date=October 15, 2023 |title=Australia fines X, formerly Twitter, for not answering questions on child abuse content |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/15/australia-fines-x-formerly-twitter-for-not-answering-questions-on-child-abuse-content-.html |access-date=October 22, 2023 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2023}} other fines were being considered.<ref>{{cite news|first=Khari|last=Johnson|title=Elon Musk's Twitter Risks Big Fines From US Regulators | publisher=WIRED | date=November 23, 2022 | url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-twitter-risks-big-fines-from-ftc-us-regulators/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Anand | first=Vijay | title=Twitter faces a whopping fine in Germany which is more than its net worth | publisher=CNBC TV| date=April 10, 2023 | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/twitter-faces-a-whopping-fine-in-germany-which-is-more-than-its-net-worth-16366461.htm}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page