The US Federal Trade Commission requested Twitter to show over some inside communications associated to proprietor Elon Musk and different detailed details about enterprise selections as a part of an investigation into the social media firm, in keeping with a report put out by two House of Representatives committees.
The FTC has despatched greater than a dozen letters to Twitter and its legal professionals since Musk’s takeover in October. Among the requests have been the firm “identify all journalists” who have been granted entry to firm data and to supply details about the launch of the revamped Twitter Blue subscription service, the report stated.
The FTC additionally needs Musk to testify in reference to the probe, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Musk, in a tweet, stated it was “a shameful case of weaponisation of a government agency for political purposes and suppression of the truth!”
Twitter didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
The FTC stated “it should come as no surprise that career staff at the commission are conducting a rigorous investigation into Twitter’s compliance with a consent order that came into effect long before Mr. Musk purchased the company.”
The workers report by the House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponisation of the Federal Government stated whereas a few of what the FTC had requested for was related to its probe relating to Twitter, different parts went too far.
“There is no logical reason why the FTC, on the basis of user privacy, needs to analyse all of Twitter’s personnel decisions. And there is no logical reason why the FTC needs every single internal Twitter communication about Elon Musk,” the report stated.
The company has been asking Twitter if it has the required assets to adjust to the privateness consent decree, an individual acquainted with the matter advised Reuters final yr.
One of the FTC’s issues was whether or not Twitter had the staffing wanted to abide by a May 2022 settlement with the US regulator wherein it agreed to enhance its privateness practices and place accountability on individuals who held sure positions. The issues had been prompted by mass layoffs at the agency.
Twitter in May agreed to pay a nice of $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,230 crore) to settle allegations that it misused non-public data, and in addition enhance its compliance practices.
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