Twitter Seeks Termination of FTC Order Over Data Practices

Twitter Seeks Termination of FTC Order Over Data Practices
The logo for Twitter on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 1, 2022. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Twitter asked a U.S. court on Thursday to terminate a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission that governed the social media company’s data privacy protections, arguing that the regulatory agency has made “unceasing demands.”

In a filing with U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Twitter accused the FTC of bias and overreach, saying it had sent letters demanding actions by the company at a rate of one every other week since billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter in October.