Elon Musk May Be Forced to Testify in US Government Probe of X

Federal authorities argue that Mr. Musk’s decisions failed to comply with Twitter’s security obligations under a 2011 FTC consent agreement

SpaceX, Twitter, and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an event during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

CEO Elon Musk of X Corp, the company formerly known as Twitter, should be forced to testify in a federal government probe of the social media service.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it wants to hold X to account for the privacy agreement it had previously signed and for the billionaire investor to testify for his actions since buying the company.