Twitter Turmoil Sparks ‘Close’ Privacy Scrutiny in EU

  • Company’s main privacy watchdog met with Dublin team Monday
  • Regulator says Twitter named Monteiro as acting data chief
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Twitter Inc.’s European privacy watchdog said it’s “closely” monitoring the situation after an exodus of key staff including the social-media firm’s data-protection chief in recent days sparked safeguarding fears.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission commented after an initial meeting Monday to clarify next steps with staff in Dublin, where Twitter -- recently taken over by Elon Musk -- has its European base.