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`BRIAN M. BOYNTON, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
`ARUN G. RAO, Deputy Assistant Attorney General
`GUSTAV W. EYLER, Director
`LISA K. HSIAO, Assistant Director
`ZACHARY L. COWAN, Trial Attorney (NCBN 53432)
`DEBORAH S. SOHN, Trial Attorney (NYBN 5118096, DCBN 1025098)
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`U.S. Department of Justice
`Civil Division
`Consumer Protection Branch
`450 5th Street NW, Suite 6400-S
`Washington, DC 20530
`Telephone: (202) 451-7468
`Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov
`Deborah.S.Sohn@usdoj.gov
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`STEPHANIE M. HINDS, United States Attorney (CABN 154284)
`MICHELLE LO, Chief, Civil Division (NYBN 4325163)
`SHARANYA MOHAN, Assistant United States Attorney (NYBN 5027768)
`EMMET P. ONG, Assistant United States Attorney (NYBN 4581369)
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`Northern District of California
`450 Golden Gate Avenue
`San Francisco, California 94102
`Telephone: (415) 436-7198
`sharanya.mohan@usdoj.gov
`emmet.ong@usdoj.gov
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
`[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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`Plaintiff,
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`TWITTER, INC., a corporation,
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`Defendant.
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`JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF STIPULATED ORDER
`No. 3:22-cv-3070
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`JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF
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`PENALTY, MONETARY JUDGMENT,
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`Plaintiff the United States of America, acting upon notification and authorization to the Attorney
`General by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”), filed its Complaint for Civil
`Penalties, Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, and Other Equitable Relief, against Defendant
`Twitter, Inc. for alleged violations of a 2011 FTC Administrative Order and Section 5 of the FTC Act,
`15 U.S.C. § 45. See ECF No. 1. The parties have resolved all issues in this matter through the attached
`proposed Stipulated Order for Civil Penalty, Monetary Judgment, and Injunctive Relief. Under the
`terms of the Stipulated Order, Twitter agrees to pay $150 million in civil penalties, reopen the
`underlying administrative proceedings in FTC Docket No. C-4316 pursuant to Section 3.72(b) of the
`Commission’s Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. § 3.72(b), and modify the Decision and Order in In re
`Twitter, Inc., C-4316, 151 FTC LEXIS 162 (F.T.C. Mar. 2, 2011) with the Decision and Order set forth
`in Attachment A to the Stipulated Order, and submit to substantial compliance reporting measures to
`ensure future compliance with the law.
`“Because of the unique aspects of settlements, a district court should enter a proposed consent
`judgment if the court decides that it is fair, reasonable and equitable and does not violate the law or
`public policy.” Sierra Club, Inc. v. Elec. Controls Design, Inc., 909 F.2d 1350, 1355 (9th Cir. 1990)
`(citing Citizens for a Better Environment v. Gorsuch, 718 F.2d 1117, 1125–26 (D.C. Cir. 1983)); see
`SEC v. Randolph, 736 F.2d 525, 529 (9th Cir. 1984). In approving a settlement, a court “need not
`inquire into the precise legal rights of the parties nor reach and resolve the merits of the claims or
`controversy.” Gorsuch, 718 F.2d at 1126 (quoting Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp. v. Vill. Of Arlington
`Heights, 616 F.2d 1006, 1014 (7th Cir. 1980)). Rather, “[a]s long as the consent decree comes within
`the general scope of the case made by the pleadings, furthers the objectives upon which the law is based,
`and does not violate the statute upon which the complaint was based, the parties’ agreement may be
`entered by the court.” Sierra Club, 909 F.2d at 1355 (quoting Loc. No. 93, Int’l Ass’n of
`Firefighters, AFL-CIO C.L.C. v. City of Cleveland, 478 U.S. 501, 525–26 (1986) (quoting Pacific R. Co.
`v. Ketchum, 101 U.S. 289, 297 (1880))) (alterations and internal quotation marks omitted).
`The Stipulated Order is fair, reasonable, and equitable. It addresses the concerns giving rise to
`the Complaint by modifying the administrative order to require Twitter to undertake multiple measures
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`that will improve its protection of consumer data. These measures include prohibiting
`misrepresentations about the extent to which the company protects the privacy of its users’ nonpublic
`contact information, including any misrepresentations about its use of such information, and requiring
`Twitter to implement a comprehensive privacy and information security program with extensive
`procedures to safeguard user information and assess internal and external data privacy risks. To afford
`consumers these protections as soon as possible, the parties respectfully jointly request that the Court
`promptly effectuate this resolution and enter the proposed Stipulated Order.
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`Dated: May 25, 2022
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`Of Counsel:
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`JAMES A. KOHM
`Associate Director
`Division of Enforcement
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`LAURA KOSS
`Assistant Director
`Division of Enforcement
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`REENAH L. KIM
`Attorney
`Division of Enforcement
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`ANDREA V. ARIAS
`Attorney
`Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
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`Federal Trade Commission
`600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
`Mail Stop CC-9528
`Washington, D.C. 20580
`Tel: (202) 326-2272 (Kim)
`Tel: (202) 326-2715 (Arias)
`rkim1@ftcgov
`aarias@ftc.gov
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`FOR PLAINTIFF
`THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
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`BRIAN M. BOYNTON
`Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
`Civil Division
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`ARUN G. RAO
`Deputy Assistant Attorney General
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`GUSTAV W. EYLER
`Director
`Consumer Protection Branch
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`LISA K. HSIAO
`Assistant Director
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` /s/ Zachary L. Cowan
`ZACHARY L. COWAN
`DEBORAH S. SOHN
`Trial Attorneys
`Consumer Protection Branch
`U.S. Department of Justice
`450 5th Street, N.W. Suite 6400-S
`Washington, D.C. 20530
`Tel: (202) 598-7566
`Fax: (202) 514-8742
`Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov
`Deborah.S.Sohn@usdoj.gov
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`STEPHANIE M. HINDS
`United States Attorney
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`MICHELLE LO
`Chief
`Civil Division
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`SHARANYA MOHAN
`EMMET P. ONG
`Assistant United States Attorneys
`Northern District of California
`450 Golden Gate Avenue
`San Francisco, California 94102
`Tel: (415) 436-7198
`sharanya.mohan@usdoj.gov
`emmet.ong@usdoj.gov
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`FOR DEFENDANT TWITTER, INC.:
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`LYDIA B. PARNES
`Wilson Sonsoni Goodrich & Rosati
`1700 K Street N.W., Fifth Floor
`Washington, D.C. 20006
`Tel: (202) 973-8800
`lparnes@wsgr.com
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` /s/ Anthony J Weibell
`ANTHONY J WEIBELL (CABN 238850)
`Wilson Sonsoni Goodrich & Rosati
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
`Tel: (650) 493-9300
`aweibell@wsgr.com
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`Counsel for Twitter, Inc.
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`FILER ATTESTATION
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` I, Zachary L. Cowan, attest under Local Rule 5-1(h)(3) that all other signatories listed and on
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`whose behalf the filing is submitted have concurred in the filing of this document.
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` /s/ Zachary L. Cowan
`ZACHARY L. COWAN
`Trial Attorney
`Consumer Protection Branch
`U.S. Department of Justice
`450 5th Street, N.W. Suite 6400-S
`Washington, D.C. 20530
`Tel: (202) 598-7566
`Fax: (202) 514-8742
`Zachary.L.Cowan@usdoj.gov
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