Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
Privacy advocates have urged the Federal Trade Commission to maintain its oversight of X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, warning that the company poses serious risks to user privacy. The push comes as X seeks to end an existing FTC monitoring arrangement, with advocates pointing to concerns about how the platform handles data in connection with its AI development.
Why this matters: X already operates under an FTC consent order because of prior privacy failures. Now the company wants that oversight removed. Advocates are saying: not yet, and maybe not ever, given how much AI data collection is now in the picture. If the FTC walks away, there is no external check on how X uses the personal data of hundreds of millions of people. Consent orders are not strong tools, but they are something. Dropping one sends a signal that the rules do not apply the same way to everyone.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy · Privacy officers
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