{"id":261737,"date":"2022-11-21T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=261737"},"modified":"2022-11-21T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T22:52:00","slug":"elon-musks-twitter-takeover-under-probe-in-us-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-under-probe-in-us-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter Takeover Under Probe In US. Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Under Probe In US. Here's Why\" alt=\"Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Under Probe In US. Here's Why\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-11\/vs6hsv1g_elon-musk-twitter-reuters_625x300_21_November_22.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The social media giant has witnessed a chaotic 25 days under Elon Musk&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Elon Musk-Twitter relationship is a story that keeps on giving and in a new twist, a <a href=\"https:\/\/mercury.bloomberg.com\/news\/RLJZ7ST0G1KW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg report<\/a> claims that Musk&#8217;s $44 billion takeover is still facing US government scrutiny. While the volatile courtship, which the world&#8217;s richest man fought hard to back out of in court, ended on October 27, there hasn&#8217;t been a moment&#8217;s calm during this storm.<\/p>\n<p>The US government is still seeking information on confidential agreements that Elon Musk made with foreign investors and whether those deals allow them to access users&#8217; personal data, Bloomberg quoted an unnamed person familiar with the matter. The report further added that there are national-security concerns over whether these confidential agreements allow access to users&#8217; personal data.<\/p>\n<p>This revelation comes days after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she sees &#8220;no basis&#8221; for investigating the billionaire&#8217;s acquisition of Twitter in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-twitter-purchase-yellen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with CBS News<\/a>. &#8220;We have really no basis &#8211; to the best of my knowledge &#8211; to examine his finances of his company. I&#8217;m not aware of concerns that would cause us to [investigate],&#8221; Ms Yellen had said.<\/p>\n<p>The social media giant has witnessed a chaotic 25 days under Elon Musk&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Resignations, layoffs and ultimatums have become a regular feature at Twitter. 1,200 resignations followed Musk&#8217;s brutal firing spree, where he let go of 50 per cent of the company&#8217;s employees. In a bid to salvage what remains, Musk even resorted to sending the remaining employees an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/day-after-1-200-twitter-employees-resign-elon-musks-sos-to-engineers-3534577\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOS<\/a>: &#8220;Anyone who writes software, please report to the 10th floor at 2 pm today,&#8221; he&#8217;d said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s attempts to revamp user verification with a controversial subscription service also led to chaos: a tsunami of fake accounts and pranks prompted major advertisers to step away from the platform.<\/p>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Watch: After Elon Musk's Ultimatum, Twitter Employees Film Countdown To Getting Fired\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Watch: After Elon Musk's Ultimatum, Twitter Employees Film Countdown To Getting Fired\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Watch: After Elon Musk's Ultimatum, Twitter Employees Film Countdown To Getting Fired\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-11\/vs6hsv1g_elon-musk-twitter-reuters_625x300_21_November_22.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-11-21T22:52:03+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=667129&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/TwitterEmployees_Beeps1_119749_103165_2500.mp4\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont externalVideo fvotd\">\n<h3 class=\"s-ttl\">Featured Video Of The Day<\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-11\/rd6b2fsg_twitter-employees_640x480_21_November_22.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=667129&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch: After Elon Musk&#8217;s Ultimatum, Twitter Employees Film Countdown To Getting Fired<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/elon-musks-twitter-deal-under-probe-in-us-over-national-security-concerns-report-3541299\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The social media giant has witnessed a chaotic 25 days under Elon Musk&#8217;s leadership. 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