Washington CNN —Elon Musk should be forced to testify in an expansive US government probe of X, the company formerly known as Twitter, the US government said.
The government said mass layoffs and other decisions Musk made raised questions about X’s ability to comply with the law and to protect users’ privacy.
Other planned upgrades to the company’s security program were “impaired,” the filing said, citing a deposition by the former chief information security officer, Lea Kissner.
In another example, Musk personally tried to rush the rollout of Twitter Blue, the company’s paid subscription service, the filing said.
But in its filing, the US government said its interest in Musk’s testimony is well-justified based on the appearance of a “chaotic environment” at X driven by “sudden, radical changes at the company” following Musk’s acquisition.
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Washington CNN — Elon, Musk, Musk’s, didn’t, Lea Kissner, Damien Kieran, —, ”, Peiter “ Mudge ” Zatko
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Washington CNN, Twitter, Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, X, FTC, X Corp, CNN, Washington Post
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