The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is closely watching Twitter’s moves under new owner Elon Musk months after the agency fined the firm tens of millions of dollars, a spokesperson confirmed this week.
“We are tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern,” an FTC spokesperson said in a statement to news outlets on Thursday. “No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees. Our revised consent order gives us new tools to ensure compliance, and we are prepared to use them.”
The comment comes after several top executives in Twitter departed the firm in recent days, including Yoel Roth, who was reportedly involved in censoring social media posts around Hunter Biden ahead of the 2020 election. Roth, who had frequently criticized former President Donald Trump, confirmed his departure from the social media company by changing his biography on the site to  “Former Head of Trust & Safety at @Twitter.”…