Matt BurgessFeb 9, 2023

I know there is a lot going on at Twitter right now, but here's one more thing. Twitter is ignoring #GDPR requests from people to delete their DMs.

At the moment, when you press delete on a Twitter DM (an individual message or conversation) the DM isn't actually deleted from Twitter's servers, just your inbox view.

So people in Europe have been making requests for Twitter to blitz all their messages. It hasn't properly answered them. And now regulators are looking at it

Full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/delete-twitter-dms-gdpr/

#Twitter #gdpr #infosec #technology #news #wired

Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That

People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.

WIRED
Show threadcoldclimateFeb 11, 2023
@mattburgess thanks for linking to this, I am one of them and didn't know what to do next
Show threadMatt BurgessFeb 11, 2023
@coldclimate did you complain to the ICO/DPC, as these are both looking into this and more complaints will make them take it more seriously!
Show threadcoldclimate
@mattburgess I tried to figure out how on the ico website and have up. Will probably give it another fo
Feb 11, 2023 at 4:21pmWeb