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Twitter admits they ‘accidentally’ used phones numbers, e-mails to target ads to users

(CNN) — The social media platform, Twitter announced it accidentally used phone numbers and e-mail addresses to target advertisements to users. Users provided their e-mails and numbers for account security purposes. the federal trade commission fined Facebook $5 billion dollars this year after saying it broke the law by doing something similar. Twitter said it’s unclear how many people were…

New legislation targets nicotine amounts in E-cigs

(CNN) – There’s a new bill in Washington that’s taking on the vaping crisis. The newly proposed legislation would cap the amount of nicotine levels in e-cigarettes. The bill would restrict e-cig nicotine content to no more than 20 milligrams per milliliter to make them significantly less addictive and appealing to youth, mirroring regulations in the European Union that impose…