Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, arguing that the agreement is too restrictive.

Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that is the subject of an ongoing FTC investigation, alleging that the probe has “spiraled out of control and become tainted by bias.” The request accuses the FTC of prejudging the probe’s outcome and of pursuing a “campaign of unceasing demands” for information that allegedly only ramped up after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the social media platform in October. Investigators now seek to depose Musk himself, the filing said, calling for the court to intervene to stop the investigation by ending the company’s consent agreement with the FTC. The FTC declined to comment. The origins of the FTC probe trace back to allegations first reported by and The Washington Post and made by Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, last summer. Zatko claimed, in a damning whistleblower disclosure predating Musk’s takeover, that Twitter suffered from deep security vulnerabilities that violated the terms of its FTC agreement. The agreement was first signed in 2011 before being updated in 2022 when regulators accused Twitter of misusing account security information, including user phone numbers, for targeted advertising purposes. Twitter’s filing, which was first reported by The Washington Post, claims that the FTC’s investigation into Zato’s allegations has “spiraled out of control and become tainted by bias.” The filing accuses the FTC of prejudging the probe’s outcome and of pursuing a “campaign of unceasing demands” for information that allegedly only ramped up after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the social media platform in October. Investigators now seek to depose Musk himself, the filing said, calling for the court to intervene to stop the investigation by ending the company’s consent agreement with the FTC. The FTC declined to comment. The origins of the FTC probe trace back to allegations first reported by and The Washington Post and made by Twitter’s of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, last summer. Zatko claimed, in a damning whistleblower disclosure predating Musk’s takeover, that Twitter suffered from deep security vulnerabilities that violated’a letter on Thursday asking US District Judge Richard Leon whether it can end or modify part of their 2011 Privacy Settlement Agreement (PSA) between them and the USFCC/FTC over how they handle users data. The PSA was originally agreed upon as far back at 2011, but then later amended again In this case we are talking about #Twit This also A-year old man Erasmus van der