Privacy advocates warned the Federal Trade Commission that Elon Musk’s X Corp. poses a serious risk to American users’ data. They argue the platform’s recent AI push, including the Grok model trained on scraped user content, should trigger tighter FTC scrutiny, not reliance on the EU’s GDPR. The group notes X is already under a 2022 consent order for data‑handling practices.

The FTC investigation stems from allegations that X collected European users’ information without valid GDPR consent to fuel its AI training. Advocates say the company’s legal brief mischaracterizes precedent, citing cases where orders expired after two decades or were altered after long‑term compliance. X’s order is only four years old, they contend, and remains fully applicable.

Former Attorney General William Barr submitted a letter defending X, labeling the FTC’s hundreds of information requests as excessive and urging the agency to relax permanent oversight of private firms. Critics counter that Musk accepted the 2022 order when purchasing Twitter and continues to run an unchanged social‑media service that monetizes data for ads and AI. The dispute underscores how X’s evolving business model keeps the consent order relevant.