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<p class="story-body__introduction" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter has apologised for "unintentionally" using email addresses and phone numbers, provided by users for account security, to enable targeted advertising.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 23px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The company said third-party marketers may have been able to reach specific users on Twitter based on contact details, even if the user had not wished the information be used this way.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/information-and-ads" class="story-body__link-external" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-left-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);">In a statement</a>, Twitter said it "cannot say with certainty how many people were impacted", but the BBC understands it affects users globally. Read on:</p><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49981981">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49981981</a></div>
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Grace Githaiga<br>
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Grace Githaiga<br>
Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network</div><br></body></html>