Republicans slam Lina Khan, defend Musk in FTC’s Twitter probe

Washington, July 15 : Republicans came to defend Twitter owner Elon Musk during a hearing in an investigation by Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into Twitter over alleged user privacy failures and terminating a settlement the platform entered into with the FTC last year.

The House Judiciary Committee hearing came after Musk asked a federal court to end the FTC’s investigation into Twitter, reports The Verge.

“Why are you harassing Twitter?” Republican Jim Jordan (R-OH) and committee chair asked Khan during the hearing.

“This wasn’t harassment.It was a shakedown,” he said.

ఎంత మాట అన్నావ్ నయన్..ఆ రోజుల్లో అవే నీకు చాలా ఎక్కువ...

Khan responded, saying the FTC imposed the privacy restrictions Musk cursed more than a decade ago.

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“Twitter has a history of lax security and privacy policies,” she was quoted as saying.

Jordan called Khan’s leadership a “disaster” and suggested that the FTC’s Twitter probe was politically motivated.

Republicans also criticised FTC’s recent court failures to challenge mergers, including a decision allowing Microsoft to purchase gaming giant Activision Blizzard.

The FTC began investigating Twitter after its acquisition by Musk last year, whether the micro-blogging platform "had the resources necessary to maintain the privacy of its users".

రజనీకాంత్ మందు తాగటానికి పిలిచి ఆయనొక్కడే తాగుతారు : సుమన్...

In May last year, the US agency found that Twitter had been secretly using its users information for advertising purposes and fined it $150 million.

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