Twitter Is Under a Strict Consent Decree with the FTC

Re:Twitter Is Under a Strict Consent Decree with the FTC by deleted_account on Thursday November 10, 2022 @03:02PM (#33552365)

I have to imagine Facebook and Uber had a few lawyers and one paid $4.9B in fines and the other's former-CSO is now awaiting sentencing on an obstruction of justice conviction.

The interesting proposition here is that Twitter could have lost the organizational capacity to comply with these consent decrees, or at least abdicated the responsibility to the engineers...which sounds bananas.

The Prequel-meme writes itself...

    ELON-AKIN: I'm not worried about the FTC. I build rockets.
    PADME-GNINEER: Then I shouldn't be either.
    ELON-AKIN: ...
    PADME-GNINEER: I shouldn't be either, right?

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Re:Twitter Is Under a Strict Consent Decree with the FTC by joecot on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:10PM (#33554961)

Trying to pass the compliance risk on to the engineers is insane. And I don't think the FTC buys it. It's a long shot because the ultra wealthy rarely have to face real consequences in America, but there's a real possibility that Elon Musk goes to prison over his flippant disregard of the FTC.

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Re:Twitter Is Under a Strict Consent Decree with the FTC by dragonwriter on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:13PM (#33554996)

> The interesting proposition here is that Twitter could have lost the organizational capacity to comply with these consent decrees

Since Musk has taken over (2 weeks) they have, unless I misunderstand something, lost the head of trust and safety twice: the first fired for being part of the team that held Musk to his cobtract, the second resigning today.

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