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Private tweets aren't private, they're limited audience. If you're saying something defamatory behind "private" tweets then, I hate to break it to you, it's sti
by brigandish 4y ago
Private tweets aren't private, they're limited audience. If you're saying something defamatory behind "private" tweets then, I hate to break it to you, it's still defamation. You might get some mitigation from limiting the audience but that's it.
- astrange 4y agoHm? I'm talking about private info leaks. GDPR fines are quite severe, you know.
- brigandish 4y agoLike this one[1] from 2018? > Twitter has told an undisclosed number of users their private messages may have been leaked to third-parties for more than a year. > The software “bug”, which has since been fixed, involved direct messages between users and businesses that offer customer services via Twitter. > "The issue has persisted since May 2017," Twitter said. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45609633 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45609633
- astrange 4y agoStrange lack of detail there. What was the actual point of exposure? I wonder if that was a latent security issue that wasn't actually exploited. They did have problems like state actors getting spies hired and leaking data directly of course.
- brigandish 4y agoI would hazard that they weren’t in a position to know or be sure, given the whistleblower’s revelations, but also that they wouldn’t be publicising random bugs from their bug tracker without reason.