A request to proceed with a class action lawsuit against Twitter was filed last week by the law firm of David Or Chen.
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The plaintiffs are seeking 125 million shekels ($37.5 million) in compensation from the social media giant for allegedly selling users' personal information.
The Israeli lawsuit comes after the US Justice Department reached a deal in which Twitter was fined $150 million for violating users' privacy by allegedly handing their personal data over to commercial sites.
Twitter admitted that it had provided user data to commercial sites. The Israeli lawsuit is using that admission as grounds for the Israeli class action suit because it allegedly shows a pattern of behavior by the company.
David Or Chen is suing Twitter for 125 million shekels in compensation on behalf of Israelis who used Twitter from the years 2013-2019.
The plaintiffs allege that Twitter misled account holders into assuming that it operated in accordance with the law and the agreements between the sides [the company and its users] that their personal data would remain confidential, and that the delivery of that personal information to commercial elements violated the users' agreement with the platform.
The plaintiffs' representation arrived at the sum of 125 million shekels by calculating compensation of 500 shekels ($150) for each individual plaintiff. Some 250,000 Israelis, or approximately 5% of the country's adult population, have Twitter accounts.
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