Musk Responds After Federal Agency Allegedly Makes 350 Demands for Internal Twitter Information
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegedly demanded that Twitter owner Elon Musk hand the agency internal communications and information about layoffs as part of an investigation into the social media company, according to a House Judiciary Committee report.
The committee’s March 7 report detailed the FTC’s alleged attempts to pressure Twitter and made hundreds of demands of the company after Musk’s takeover in October 2022.
“Consisting of over a dozen FTC demand letters to Twitter that—in the span of less than three months following Musk’s acquisition—make more than 350 specific demands, this information shows how the FTC has been attempting to harass Twitter and pry into the company’s decisions on matters outside of the FTC’s mandate,” the committee stated. “The timing, scope, and frequency of the FTC’s demands to Twitter suggest a partisan motivation to its action.”…