Current Events > DOJ Says Elon Musk May Have Violated Twitter's Privacy Agreement

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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/doj-says-elon-musk-may-160000115.html

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) says Elon Musk may have violated a court order requiring him to implement a privacy and data security program in the wake of his Twitter takeover last year, a court filing issued on Tuesday claimed. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) updated an Administrative Order last year, requiring the company to provide information to ensure it complies with the FTCs security requirements.

The DoJs filing claimed Musks changes to Twitter created a chaotic environment at the company that raised serious questions about whether and how Musk and other leaders were ensuring [the companys] compliance.

The FTC found Twitter violated the 2011 Administrative Order in May of last year before Musk acquired the company, and Twitter agreed to pay $150 million in civil penalties. The FTC ordered Twitter to provide periodic assessments of its privacy and data security program and updated the 2011 order, which Twitter agreed to, the filing states.

The document included an excerpt from Twitters former director of security engineering, Andrew Sayler, who testified that he had ongoing questions about Elons commitment to the overall security and privacy of the organization because he thought the manner in which Elon was requesting us to grant access to third parties that had not undergone our regular vetting process [had] some degree of disregard for the overall sensitivity and security at that level of access.

Twitter has argued that Musk should not be required to testify at a hearing and has requested the federal court to dismiss the FTCs order, but the court filing argues Musks request should be denied. The court filing claims that Twitters arguments stating that the FTCs actions are baseless, politically motivated, and made in bad faith are meritless, and it states that there is no evidence to support the claims.

Twitter did not immediately respond to Gizmodos request for comment.

Bring him down

Add it to the list

Strider102 posted...

Bring him down

He just has to pay a pittance. A tax if you will.

Bet his wrist is gonna sting so bad

TheGoldenEel posted...

Bet his wrist is gonna sting so bad

So bad!

just a smol fine though right?

Shut down everything. We got him, boys.

I wouldnt be surprised if Twitter had a major data leak in the last year and he just never bothered to report it

Shut it all down. Ever since the blue checkmarks got their posts and comments prioritized it's become unbearable.

Twitter has argued that Musk should not be required to testify at a hearing and has requested the federal court to dismiss the FTCs order, but the court filing argues Musks request should be denied. The court filing claims that Twitters arguments stating that the FTCs actions are baseless, politically motivated, and made in bad faith are meritless, and it states that there is no evidence to support the claims.

Did they offer any proof it being "baseless"/"politically motivated"?

Ruvan22 posted...

Twitter has argued that Musk should not be required to testify at a hearing and has requested the federal court to dismiss the FTCs order, but the court filing argues Musks request should be denied. The court filing claims that Twitters arguments stating that the FTCs actions are baseless, politically motivated, and made in bad faith are meritless, and it states that there is no evidence to support the claims.

Did they offer any proof it being "baseless"/"politically motivated"?

The proof for them is that its a hardcore right winger getting in trouble. When they break the law, they expect they should get away with it and anything other than that is "baseless" or "politically motivated".