Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are calling out the FTC over what appears to be an attempt to bully an independent auditor into condemning Twitter for privacy violations.
The allegation emerged in a motion filed by X Corp, the holding company established by Elon Musk to manage Twitter, asking the U.S. district court for the northern district of California to terminate a privacy settlement Twitter made with the FTC, which allows the latter to monitor and enforce Twitter’s compliance.
FTC Chair Lina Khan ( GRAEME JENNINGS/Getty)
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Although the settlement was made before Twitter’s change in ownership, X Corp’s filing alleges that the FTC…
