{"id":1871516,"date":"2023-03-08T09:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-responds-after-ftc-reportedly-makes-350-demands-for-specific-internal-company-information\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:11:33","slug":"elon-musk-responds-after-ftc-reportedly-makes-350-demands-for-specific-internal-company-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-responds-after-ftc-reportedly-makes-350-demands-for-specific-internal-company-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Responds After FTC Reportedly Makes 350+ Demands For \u2018Specific\u2019 Internal Company Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-responds-after-ftc-reportedly-makes-350-demands-for-specific-internal-company-information%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1871516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> According to Tuesday&#8217;s report, the Federal Trade Commission demanded that Twitter CEO Elon Muss turn over company communications as well information regarding mass layoffs and sit down for depositions in an investigation into his company.<\/p>\n<p>A publication was published by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/Weaponization_Select_Subcommittee_Report_on_FTC_Harrassment_of_Twitter_3.7.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> Tuesday is titled &#8220;The Weaponization of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): An Agency&#8217;s Overreach to Harass Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter,&#8221; This article details the alleged harassment Twitter by FTC officials, led by Lina Khan (Democrat).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consisting of over a dozen FTC demand letters to Twitter that \u2014 in the span of less than three months following Musk&#8217;s acquisition \u2014 make more than 350 specific demands, this information shows how the FTC has been attempting to harass Twitter and pry into the company&#8217;s decisions on matters outside of the FTC&#8217;s mandate,&#8221; House Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/weaponization-select-subcommittee-releases-staff-report-ftc-harassment-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Make a statement. &#8220;The timing, scope, and frequency of the FTC&#8217;s demands to Twitter suggest a partisan motivation to its action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One letter from the FTC to the company stated that the FTC was worried about changes made at the company. &#8220;impact Twitter&#8217;s ability to protect consumers&#8217; information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Houses Judiciary reported on examples of FTC requests that they claimed had been met &#8220;little to no nexus to users&#8217; privacy and information,&#8221; including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Information relating to journalists&#8217; work protected by the First Amendment, including\u00a0their work to expose abuses by Big Tech and the federal government;<\/li>\n<li>Each and every internal communication &#8220;relating to Elon Musk,&#8221; by any Twitter personnel \u2014 including communications sent or received by Musk \u2014 not limited by subject matter, since the day Musk bought the company;<\/li>\n<li>Find out if Twitter is available. &#8220;selling its office equipment&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>All of the reasons why Twitter terminated former Twitter employee and FBI official\u00a0Jim Baker;<\/li>\n<li>Use Twitter &#8220;first conceived of the concept for Twitter Blue,&#8221; Twitter&#8217;s new $8\/month verified account subscription;\u00a0and<\/li>\n<li>The information is broken down by &#8220;each department, division, and\/or team,&#8221; regardless of\u00a0whether the work done by these units had anything to do with privacy or information\u00a0security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;There is no logical reason, for example, why the FTC needs to know the identities of journalists engaging with Twitter,&#8221; The House Judiciary issued the following statement. &#8220;There is no logical reason why the FTC, on the basis of user privacy, needs to analyze all of Twitter&#8217;s personnel decisions. And there is no logical reason why the FTC needs every single internal Twitter communication about Elon Musk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-348\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Musk addressed the FTC&#8217;s repeated demands via Twitter. &#8220;This is a serious attack on the Constitution by a federal agency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A federal agency is making a grave attack on the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1633240925429288960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-responds-after-ftc-reportedly-makes-350-demands-for-specific-internal-company-information\">Elon Musk Responds After FTC Reportedly Makes 350+ Demands For \u2018Specific&#8217; Internal Company Information<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Tuesday&#8217;s report, the Federal Trade Commission demanded that Twitter CEO Elon Muss turn over company communications as well information regarding mass layoffs and sit down for depositions in an investigation into his company. 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