Twitter turmoil sparks ‘close’ privacy scrutiny in EU

Twitter has seen a dramatic few days since Musk bought the company. He fired around 3,700 of its global workforce, ushered out several executives and ordered the remaining employees to stop working from home. — AFP

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.