Seven Democratic senators sent a letter on Thursday to the Federal Trade Commission, urging the agency to investigate any breach of a consent decree that the FTC inked with Twitter
, now owned by Elon Musk, was acting in disregard of users and urging the agency to investigate any breach of a consent decree that the FTC inked with Twitter.
The lawmakers, including Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren, asked the agency to consider enforcement actions against the company and against individual executives where appropriate., has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and safety of the platform, and announced new features despite clear warnings those changes would be abused for fraud, scams, and dangerous impersonation,” the lawmakers said in a letter to FTC chair Lina Khan.
There have been concerns that the upheaval would lead to Twitter failing to abide by a May, 2022, settlement with the U.S. regulator in which Twitter agreed to improve its privacy practices and place responsibility on people who held certain positions. The FTC said last week it was “tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern. No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees.”
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