This joke is a joke

The parent comment is a bit flip and sarcastic, but he's not wrong. $550k isn't even a speed bump for Twitter. SV tech companies aren't going to take EU regulatory bodies seriously unless they pass out meaningful fines.

Hopefully, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission intends this to be a "shot across the bow" hinting at more severe fines if Twitter continues to do this kind of thing. Otherwise, Twitter is unlikely to change their behavior.

I would be surprised if any US company would have had the foresight to call European authorities within 3 days of a serious issue in 2018 .. especially with whatever skeleton crews are working over Christmas.

It's been a learning curve, and things like this have been good lessons to bring us to where we are.

oil shouldn't smell right?

Interesting idea, but 'peer-to-peer'? Is water wet?

If you're targeting European users, you need to comply with the GDPR.

In this case the user is in Norway which is not a member of the EU.

The comment you’re replying to doesn’t mention EU, so this nitpick doesn’t make much sense.

Norway integrated GDPR into its own legal system: https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2018-06-15-38

Didn't mention EU, but to be specific: members of the EU or the EEA.

GDPR was implemented in the EU and in the EEA, of which Norway is a member of.

Yelling into a 'jungle' will not get you attention, plus who knocking who?

does DDG or similar search engines support searching based on 'takedown' or similar notices?

We are all capable of being digitally pre-diabettic

This reads to me as: `Foreigners ability to count votes is an international hero and needs to be honored!`

I'm not going after this individual, but this kind of journalism needs to be considered. ( Flagged or not? You tell me? )

I just assume most if not all CIA members have headaches?