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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chair of the committee, authorized the subpoena sent to FTC Chair Lina Khan, accusing the agency of refusing to comply with a handful of other requests the committee has made over the last few months. The demand requires the FTC to hand over all internal communications related to Musk\u2019s October 2022 purchase of Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In his letter to Khan Wednesday, Jordan accused the FTC of making \u201cinappropriate and burdensome demands\u201d of Musk\u2019s Twitter, calling the agency\u2019s responses to past requests for information \u201cwoefully insufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Shortly after Musk purchased Twitter last year, the FTC said it was monitoring the platform\u2019s abilities to protect the security of users\u2019 information. In a recent report, Jordan\u2019s committee found that the FTC had sent at least a dozen demand letters to the company since Musk took over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe FTC respects the important role of Congressional oversight. We have made multiple offers to brief Chairman Jordan\u2019s staff on our investigation into Twitter. Those are standing offers made prior to this entirely unnecessary subpoena,\u201d FTC spokesman Douglas Farrar said in a statement to The Verge <\/em>Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The FTC\u2019s investigation is reportedly centered around the platform\u2019s abilities to uphold data security promises it made to the agency more than 10 years ago. In 2011, Twitter reached an agreement with the FTC to settle charges that the company had mishandled user data, ultimately allowing hackers unauthorized access to user accounts. As part of that agreement, Twitter was required to create \u201ca comprehensive privacy and information security program\u201d to protect users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n