The U.S. government says the former Twitter’s request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is “meritless” and owner Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has “first-hand knowledge” of the conduct being investigated. The company now called X Corp. filed a motion in July for a protective order that would prevent Musk from having to testify and for relief from its consent order with the Federal Trade Commission. In a Monday filing on behalf of the FTC, the Department of Justice said that in seeking to end the FTC’s order, X merely “complains the FTC asked too many questions after Elon Musk acquired the company.”
