PARIS — France’s information safety watchdog CNIL is investigating a whistleblower’s claims that Twitter made “egregious” misrepresentations to worldwide regulators about its information safety measures.
“The CNIL is at present learning the criticism filed to the [U.S.] Securities and Change Fee, the Federal Commerce Fee and the U.S. Division of Justice,” the French company stated in an announcement Wednesday. “If the accusations are appropriate, the CNIL might take motion resulting in authorized proceedings or a sanction, if it is clear there have been breaches.”
The Washington Submit first reported Tuesday that Twitter’s former head of safety Peiter Zatko made the accusations in a criticism alleging that the tech firm violated the phrases of a settlement with the U.S. Federal Commerce Fee by falsely claiming it had a stable safety plan. Zatko additionally stated that privateness ought to grow to be Twitter’s No. 1 precedence “in mild of the egregious and ongoing misrepresentations to the FTC, French and Irish regulators,” in response to the criticism.
A CNIL spokesperson stated the regulator solely discovered of the allegations on Tuesday with the Washington Submit report. Eire’s information watchdog additionally met with Twitter representatives after the reviews on Zatko’s claims.
Certainly one of Zatko’s alleged “misrepresentations” was an replace to the platform late final 12 months to adjust to orders from the CNIL, which Zatko stated was “blocked [from] rolling out” for a month “with a view to extract most revenue from French customers.”
Twitter has denied Zatko’s allegations.
