Senator Elizabeth Warren and 6 different Democratic senators are pushing the U.S. Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) to research Elon Musk and Twitter following the Twit Chief’s takeover of the platform.
The group of senators, which embrace Senators Elizabeth Warren, Edward Markey, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne Feinstein, Ben Ray Lujan, Cory Booker, and Robert Menendez, wrote a letter to the regulator and urged it to look at whether or not or not Twitter violated an settlement it made with the fee in 2011 to guard person data.
The letter addressed to FTC Chair Lina Khan, says it’s in regard to “Twitter’s critical, willful disregard for the protection and safety of its customers, and encourage the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) to research any breach of Twitter’s consent decree or different violations of our client safety legal guidelines.”
The letter states that Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk, has taken “alarming steps,” to undermine the platform’s security and integrity.
The letter additionally criticized the change in Twitter’s verification characteristic.
“When Mr. Musk introduced plans to open Twitter’s verification companies to all paying customers, specialists warned the change would exacerbate the platform’s already rampant issues with monetary scams, overseas disinformation, and public security threats. These misguided modifications come at a time when Twitter is going through coordinated campaigns of racist, misogynistic, and antisemitic harassment, making an attempt to take advantage of the change in possession to unfold hate and vitriol,” the letter said.
When Elon Musk initially took over the platform over Halloween weekend, a number of campaigns have been launched that unfold hate and using racial slurs. Twitter took motion towards the coordinated surge of hateful conduct, and the brand new management staff serving to Elon Musk shared particulars in regards to the progress.
The letter from the seven senators said that they have been involved that the actions taken by Elon Musk and Twitter’s new administration “might already symbolize a violation of the FTC’s consent decree.”
“We urge the Fee to vigorously oversee its consent decree with Twitter and to convey enforcement actions towards any breaches or enterprise practices which can be unfair or misleading, together with bringing civil penalties and imposing legal responsibility on particular person Twitter executives the place applicable. As you lately famous in Senate testimony, “no CEO or firm is above the regulation, and corporations should observe our consent decrees,” the letter said.
I assist free speech, however not anyone candidate. In reality, I gave cash to & voted for Hillary & then voted for Biden.
Nevertheless, given unprovoked assaults by main Democrats towards me & a really chilly shoulder to Tesla & SpaceX, I intend to vote Republican in November.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Might 30, 2022
It’s no secret that key Democratic leaders are crucial of Elon Musk. In 2021, they started focusing their assault campaigns on Elon Musk. One instance is Senator Warren’s Fb advert marketing campaign claiming that Elon Musk is “whining like a child” and that he had been “freeloading off of working individuals,” to which he responded:
“That is such a deeply tousled misinform the American individuals. She is the one freeloading off taxpayers whereas I’m paying the biggest quantity of tax of any particular person in historical past.” In her advert campaigns towards Elon Musk, Senator Warren requested her supporters to present her $10 to assist go a wealth tax.
In Might, Elon Musk mentioned that he had voted Democrat prior to now however is voting Republican for the reason that occasion had “turn into the occasion of division & hate.”
Teslarati reached out to the FTC, however the regulator declined to remark. Nevertheless, a spokesperson for the regulator instructed PC Magazine, “I can affirm we acquired the letter, however we shouldn’t have any remark.”
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