Irish watchdog fines Twitter in landmark for EU data privacy regime

FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's data regulator has fined Twitter 450,000 euros ($547,000) for a bug that made some private tweets public, the first sanction against a major U.S. tech firm under a new EU dispute mechanism, but much less than some EU states demanded.

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation's (GDPR) "One Stop Shop" regime makes Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) lead regulator of Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Google in the bloc, due to the location of their EU headquarters in the country.