时间:2025-04-03 10:26:43 来源:网络整理编辑:休閑
Twitter users who logged into their account on Wednesday were greeted with a new notification.A scre
Twitter users who logged into their account on Wednesday were greeted with a new notification.
“The control you have over what information Twitter shares with its business partners has changed,” readTwitter’s pop-up message. “Specifically, your ability to control mobile app advertising measurements has been removed, but you can control whether to share some non-public data to improve Twitter’s marketing activities on other sites and apps.”
“These changes, which help Twitter to continue operating as a free service, are reflected now in your settings,” the notification continued, only allowed a user to click an “OK” button to continue.
So what does that all mean?
Basically, Twitter is giving advertisers more private information about what you do on its mobile app. And, simply put, there’s nothing you can do about it if you want to continue using the platform.
Before this update, users could turn off a setting called “Share your data with Twitter’s business partners.” This option disabled Twitter from sharing information about the advertisements you watched or interacted with on the platform. According to Twitter, this information could “include IP address and mobile device advertising identifiers.”
However, Twitter reiterates in its updated terms that it still does not share your name, email, phone number, or Twitter username.
These new privacy settings are now the default for most Twitter users. The exception is for users in the European Union, European Free Trade Association states, and the United Kingdom. Due to their stringent laws protecting users’ privacy online, a user would need to opt in to sharing this information, if they’d like to allow Twitter to share it with its advertisers.
As The Vergepoints out, Twitter previously blamedan earnings miss on the way it shared user data with advertisers last year.
While the social media company mostly chalked the issue up to a bug, it also caused the company to look at other issues related to its advertising plans and switch strategies.
This privacy policy change appears to be the latest result of that switching of gears.
TopicsSocial MediaTwitterAdvertising
Australian football makes history with first LGBT Pride Game2025-04-03 10:18
29 times Maisie Williams was the undisputed queen of social media2025-04-03 10:12
NFL to fine teams up to $100,000 for posting social media video during games2025-04-03 10:06
Two Google publisher metrics suspended over missed deadline2025-04-03 09:34
This weird squid looks like it has googly eyes, guys2025-04-03 09:32
Aussie police are already arresting creepy clowns after multiple sightings2025-04-03 09:07
Get ready for 'Jane the Virgin' with this Season 2 binge guide2025-04-03 08:48
Donald Trump just crossed a major line during Sunday night's debate2025-04-03 08:38
Make money or go to Stanford? Katie Ledecky is left with an unfair choice.2025-04-03 08:36
One tweet summarizes tonight's presidential debate2025-04-03 07:50
This chart shows just how high Simone Biles can jump2025-04-03 10:22
Republicans condemn Trump comments because of their 'wives and daughters'2025-04-03 10:15
Ted Cruz phone banking for Donald Trump gets the perfect Photoshop battle2025-04-03 10:11
Billy Bush suspended from NBC after release of Donald Trump audio2025-04-03 08:59
Fyvush Finkel, Emmy winner for 'Picket Fences,' dies at 932025-04-03 08:57
Hurricane Matthew could cause billions of dollars in U.S. economic damage2025-04-03 08:54
The New York Times stands to benefit big time from a Trump lawsuit2025-04-03 08:48
Why a billboard saying Trump is bad at 'Overwatch' exists2025-04-03 08:22
Fake news reports from the Newseum are infinitely better than actual news2025-04-03 08:03
Report indicates Samsung killed the Note7 without figuring out what's wrong with it2025-04-03 07:57