Civil liberties campaigners criticise 'disappointing' low fine for Twitter over data breach

The level of fine issued to Twitter has been criticised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. File Picture: Getty

Twitter has received its first fine, of €450,000, from Ireland’s privacy regulator for breaches of the GDPR which saw its mobile app making protected tweets public due to a glitch.

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said the fine had been handed down on foot of the social media giant failing to notify the regulator of the breach in adequate time, and for failing to adequately document the breach.