Elon Musk petitioned the FTC in May to end its 2022 order restricting Twitter's data use, claiming Twitter no longer exists as X merged with xAI and then SpaceX
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 .
Ars Technica
2026-06-05
Ashley Belanger
FTC , Twitter , the Federal Trade Commission , xAI , Elon Musk
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X is trying to petition the FTC to set aside its order against Twitter. As John McEnroe says, “you cannot be serious!” www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling | Musk can't be trusted to protect X user privacy, public commenters warn FTC.