Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
Summary
Privacy advocates have asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to continue overseeing Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. They warn that ending the FTC’s audits could put Americans’ personal data and privacy at risk because of X’s new data practices and AI developments.Key Facts
- The FTC originally ordered X to undergo audits after Twitter shared users’ contact information wrongly for advertising.
- X’s owner, Elon Musk, wants the FTC to stop these audits, saying the platform has changed after rebranding and now follows European privacy rules.
- Fifteen privacy groups disagree and say X’s request to end oversight should be denied to protect user data.
- Advocates highlight a recent lawsuit involving X’s chatbot Grok related to harmful content, raising privacy concerns.
- In 2023, about 2.8 billion records leaked from X, showing risks to user data security.
- Musk was reported to have instructed staff to act against the FTC order and gave journalists open access to internal data.
- X is collecting user posts for AI training without clear, direct consent from users, which worries privacy experts.
- Cambridge Analytica’s former data misuse case is compared to how X uses data for AI and behavioral modeling.
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