Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
# Elon Musk's X Is Trying to Avoid Privacy Oversight Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) is attempting to get out of a deal where federal regulators monitor how the company handles your personal information like phone numbers and email addresses. The FTC imposed these strict oversight rules back in 2022 after discovering Twitter had misused user data for advertising, and the monitoring is supposed to continue until 2042—but Musk's team wants that requirement lifted.
Critics hope to keep Elon Musk from escaping a strict data-privacy order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shortly before he took over Twitter. The FTC order placed restrictions on X's data use for 20 years, while requiring regular independent audits and granting the agency authority to
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