Proving once again that Elon Musk doesn’t appear to care about anything substantial when it comes to Twitter, other than driving it into the ground that is, comes this Reuters report that presents the latest example of what a clown Elon is:
A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S. government settlement over its security practices.
Alan Rosa, who was Twitter’s global head of information security, filed the lawsuit late Tuesday in New Jersey federal court alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and retaliation, among other claims.
X Corp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rosa claims that late last year, after Musk acquired the company, he was told to cut his department’s budget for physical security by 50% and to shut down software that enabled Twitter to share information with law enforcement agencies around the world.
Rosa says he objected because the cuts would put Twitter at risk of violating a $150 million settlement it entered into earlier in 2022 with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which claimed Twitter had misused users’ personal information. The agreement required Twitter to implement privacy and information security controls to protect confidential data.
He was fired days after raising those concerns, according to the lawsuit. Rosa is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, and legal fees.
So in short, Elon would rather fan the flames of antisemitism, racism, Nazi behaviour, and the like rather than comply with a legal agreement that comes from a government entity who has the power to make his life miserable. That’s not a smart strategy on the part of Elon. But then, I’ve never considered him to be that smart. You have to wonder what the FTC is going to do now that this is out there. I for one hope that they use this to lower the boom on Elon. Because he really does deserve to be put in his place and found out for being the charlatan that he is.
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Former Twitter Exec Says Elon Musk Fired Him For Raising Security Concerns
Proving once again that Elon Musk doesn’t appear to care about anything substantial when it comes to Twitter, other than driving it into the ground that is, comes this Reuters report that presents the latest example of what a clown Elon is:
A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S. government settlement over its security practices.
Alan Rosa, who was Twitter’s global head of information security, filed the lawsuit late Tuesday in New Jersey federal court alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and retaliation, among other claims.
X Corp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rosa claims that late last year, after Musk acquired the company, he was told to cut his department’s budget for physical security by 50% and to shut down software that enabled Twitter to share information with law enforcement agencies around the world.
Rosa says he objected because the cuts would put Twitter at risk of violating a $150 million settlement it entered into earlier in 2022 with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which claimed Twitter had misused users’ personal information. The agreement required Twitter to implement privacy and information security controls to protect confidential data.
He was fired days after raising those concerns, according to the lawsuit. Rosa is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, and legal fees.
So in short, Elon would rather fan the flames of antisemitism, racism, Nazi behaviour, and the like rather than comply with a legal agreement that comes from a government entity who has the power to make his life miserable. That’s not a smart strategy on the part of Elon. But then, I’ve never considered him to be that smart. You have to wonder what the FTC is going to do now that this is out there. I for one hope that they use this to lower the boom on Elon. Because he really does deserve to be put in his place and found out for being the charlatan that he is.
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