The FTC is reportedly investing in Twitter over concerns that companies' mass layoffs have brought it out of compliance with the settlement they made around user privacy. In a series of so-called demand letters, the FTC has requested internal communications related to them,. information about layoffs, Twitter blue, subscripts and the names of journalists who received access to company records at Elon's behest.
More layoffs are coming to Meta, and President Biden's pick for the FCC, Gigi Sohn, drops out of the running. As the FTC investigates his company and the wheels literally come off at Tesla, Elon Musk publicly picks (and loses) a fight with an employee. Also, newly-revealed texts from Fox News hosts could be a legal headache. Friend of Pivot Hannah Dreier helps Kara and Scott unpack her latest investigation on the widespread use of immigrant child labor in America's most dangerous jobs. Plus, a prediction from Scott about Adam Neumann's latest venture.
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