The US government still isn’t sure about Elon Musk’s Twitter
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6610D)
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter hasn't escaped government scrutiny just yet. According to a report from Bloomberg, the US government is looking into whether Musk's foreign investment partners have access to users' private data on the platform.
Sources close to the situation told Bloomberg that the government's asking for more details about Musk's private agreements with the international investors who hold stakes in the company, which include Saudi Arabia's Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud and the Qatar Investment Authority. Musk's business dealings in both Ukraine and China have also drawn concern.
Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who is also the head of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US...