Twitter seeks to end FTC oversight of data practices amid 'spiraling' investigation

Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2011 FTC consent order governing its data security practices.
Twitter alleges the FTC's demands, including to depose Elon Musk, represent bias and overreach.
The FTC has monitored Twitter's data practices since a 2011 settlement over inadequate user data safeguards.
Twitter paid a $150 million penalty in 2022 for violating the consent order.
Twitter argues the FTC probe has become tainted and the consent order should be ended.