EFF and Allies Argue X Corp. Should Not Evade FTC Privacy Oversight Through Name Change
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Bill Budington
Summary
X Corp. (formerly Twitter) filed a petition with the FTC to set aside or modify a 2022 consent decree requiring regular privacy compliance reporting after the company misused user phone numbers and email addresses (provided for account security) for targeted advertising, resulting in a $150 million fine. The EFF and allies argue that X should not escape privacy oversight simply due to a corporate name change, and that the company's history of data abuse continues to warrant strong regulatory scrutiny.
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The order or 'consent decree' is a result of misleading the platforms' 140 million users by using private information given to secure accounts, like phone numbers and email addresses, for targeted advertising.
Strong safeguards on our information require eagle-eyed oversight when that data is abused and misused for profiteering ventures. X's actions not only showed us this in the past, but continue to do so in the present day.
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