House Republicans claim the FTC is harassing Elon Musk
House Republicans are defending Elon Musk, and tearing into the Federal Trade Commission’s Chair Lina Khan, claiming that an agency investigation into Twitter is borders on “obsession” with the platform.
This all came to a head at a House Judiciary Committee hearing overseeing the agency’s work under Khan’s leadership. Jordan, who is the chair of the committee, set the tone right away, and called Khan’s leadership a “disaster” and suggested that the agency’s probe into Twitter was politically motivated.
Rep. Jordan asked Khan “Why are you harassing Twitter?”
This hearing took place just hours after Musk had asked a federal court to end the FTC’s investigation into Twitter over privacy failures and to terminate a settlement it entered into with the agency last year. Musk’s X Corp. stated in the filing that the probe had “spiraled out of control and become tainted with bias.”
Twitter is required to inform the FTC of how it protects consumer data
Shortly after Musk took over Twitter, and he started to lay off thousands of workers, the FTC started to probe the company. It was looking to see if Twitter had the necessary resources to maintain the privacy of its users. This is due to a consent decree that Twitter entered into with the FTC in 2011 (it was later expanded in 2022), where it is required to inform the FTC on how it protects consumer data and coordinate regular security audits.
Khan noted that the FTC imposed these privacy restrictions that Musk hates so much, well over a decade ago. Stating that “Twitter has a history of lax security and privacy policies.”
On another note, the Republicans were also criticizing Khan and the FTC for its recent court failures to challenge mergers. Of course, the most recent one is allowing Microsoft to purchase Activision Blizzard. Republicans are suggesting that it was a ploy to make Congress pass new antitrust rules. Rep. Kevin Kiley asked Khan “Are you losing on purpose?” And then continued “You’re losing because you don’t have the authority that you want from Congress.”
House Republicans are defending Elon Musk, and tearing into the Federal Trade Commission’s Chair Lina Khan, claiming that an agency investigation into Twitter is borders on “obsession” with the platform.
This all came to a head at a House Judiciary Committee hearing overseeing the agency’s work under Khan’s leadership. Jordan, who is the chair of the committee, set the tone right away, and called Khan’s leadership a “disaster” and suggested that the agency’s probe into Twitter was politically motivated.
Rep. Jordan asked Khan “Why are you harassing Twitter?”
This hearing took place just hours after Musk had asked a federal court to end the FTC’s investigation into Twitter over privacy failures and to terminate a settlement it entered into with the agency last year. Musk’s X Corp. stated in the filing that the probe had “spiraled out of control and become tainted with bias.”
Twitter is required to inform the FTC of how it protects consumer data
Shortly after Musk took over Twitter, and he started to lay off thousands of workers, the FTC started to probe the company. It was looking to see if Twitter had the necessary resources to maintain the privacy of its users. This is due to a consent decree that Twitter entered into with the FTC in 2011 (it was later expanded in 2022), where it is required to inform the FTC on how it protects consumer data and coordinate regular security audits.
Khan noted that the FTC imposed these privacy restrictions that Musk hates so much, well over a decade ago. Stating that “Twitter has a history of lax security and privacy policies.”
On another note, the Republicans were also criticizing Khan and the FTC for its recent court failures to challenge mergers. Of course, the most recent one is allowing Microsoft to purchase Activision Blizzard. Republicans are suggesting that it was a ploy to make Congress pass new antitrust rules. Rep. Kevin Kiley asked Khan “Are you losing on purpose?” And then continued “You’re losing because you don’t have the authority that you want from Congress.”
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