Elon is putting Twitter at risk for billions in fines, says internal letter

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A Twitter lawyer sent an alarming message to colleagues this morning, saying that Elon Musk “is willing to take on a huge amount of risk in relation to this company and its users” and is at risk of putting the company in violation of its FTC consent decree

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Elon is putting Twitter at risk for billions in fines, says internal letter
“Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.”
8:26 AM · Nov 10, 2022

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning

Twitter’s privacy and security teams are in turmoil after Elon Musk’s changes to the service bypassed its standard data governance processes. Now, a company lawyer is encouraging employees to seek whistleblower protection “if you feel uncomfortable about anything you’re being asked to do.”

The company’s chief privacy officer Damien Kieran, chief information security officer Lea Kissner, and chief compliance officer Marianne Fogarty have all resigned, according to two employees and an internal message seen by The Verge. Kissner confirmed their departure in a tweet on Thursday.

“Elon has shown that his only priority with Twitter users is how to monetize them.”
In a note posted to Twitter’s Slack and viewable to all staff that was obtained by The Verge, an attorney on the company’s privacy team wrote: “Elon has shown that his only priority with Twitter users is how to monetize them. I do not believe he cares about the human rights activists. the dissidents, our users in un-monetizable regions, and all the other users who have made Twitter the global town square you have all spent so long building, and we all love.”

The FTC reached a settlement with Twitter in May after the company was caught using personal user info to target ads. If Twitter doesn’t comply with that agreement, the FTC can issue fines reaching into the billions of dollars, according to the lawyer’s note to employees.

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1. thank you for putting the text

That is such a great thing. I realized just now that people who are blind and use a screen reader would be able to read it also.

[republianmushroom]

2. we will see if the govt. got the nerve

they don't with the ORANGE A-O

[RockRaven]

3. I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for a US regulatory agency to be a hardass with a

corporation owned by one of the richest people in the world. Those agencies tend to roll over and submit rather than kick ass and take names.

[area51]

5. +1 n/t

[Hekate]

4. Kick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Twitter is still under a pretty stringent FTC consent decree

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