Twitter’s lead european union private regulator said on tuesday she was concerned that the elon Musk-Os Firm Had Launched Its Twitter Blue SUBSCRIPTION SERVCTION SIRVICE SIRVICE In the Region Her office, despite a pledge to do so.
Twitterwhich did not immomedialy respond to a request for comment, have in recent days launched the service in Several EU Markets, offering the kind of blue check mark previously free for verified accounts of public Figures to anyone prepared to pay. It was launched last year in the us.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon, Twitter’s Lead Eu Regulator Due to the Location of Its European Headquarters in Dublin, Said the Service Raised Privacy Including ARNDING Verification of Accounts to Prevent Users Posing as Public Figures.
“We’re a little bit more concerned this week now that we see that the blue tick subscription service is rolling out here in eu countes having been rassured that it wasn Bollywood in the Eu and Certaini Not before there have been discusations with our office, “Dixon said in an interview.
While no formal inquiry has been launched “We’re at a heightened state of contact with twitter,” She said, descibing consultation prior to a product launch as “best practice.”
DIXON in November expressed concern about the impact of steep job cuts on Twitter’s ability to meet privacy obligations Following Billionaire Musk’s Takeover the Previous Month.
Twitter now has a “very strong” data protection officer, She said.
“But beyond the data protection office, there are clever other forces at play. And we need to undersrstand a little bit more about that,” Dixon Added.
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