Public comments on X petition over US FTC privacy order show range of opinions
( July 2, 2026, 17:46 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has received nearly 80 public comments — ranging from former US Attorney General Bill Barr to a group of 15 consumer and digital rights groups — on the petition by X Corp. to terminate its 20-year oversight order by the FTC. Barr complained that the FTC's privacy enforcement against the former Twitter has been "weaponized," while the consumer rights groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Consumer Federal of America argued that X poses a privacy risk to users and must remain under FTC oversight. The comments also include California's new consumer protection regulator, the California Business & Consumer Services Agency, which said the petition "raises the appearance of political favoritism toward Elon Musk."See attached comments....
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