A bunch of Democratic senators have requested the FTC Elon Musk over his dealing with of customers’ privateness and safety within the wake of his takeover of Twitter. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, the senators cite Musk’s of Twitter Blue’s paid verifications, in addition to the of Twitter’s prime privateness and safety executives.

The letter, signed by seven senators, together with Elizabeth Warren, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal, follows a widely-publicized from a lawyer at Twitter that Musk may very well be exposing the corporate to billions of {dollars} in fines from the FTC.

“In recent weeks, Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, has taken alarming steps that have undermined the safety and integrity of the platform,” the senators write, noting that his actions “could already represent a violation of the FTC’s consent decree.” Under the phrases of a 2011 settlement with the FTC, Twitter is required to evaluate new options for potential privateness points and frequently ship stories to the FTC. The current departures of prime pirivacy and safety executives got here simply forward of a deadline to ship a type of stories, according to The New York Times.

In their letter, the senators write that the FCC ought to examine Musk and different executives’ actions. “We urge the Commission to vigorously oversee its consent decree with Twitter and to bring enforcement actions against any breached or business practices that are unfair or deceptive, including bringing civil penalties and imposing liability on individual Twitter executives where appropriate,” they write.

It’s unclear if the FTC plans to launch such an investigation, however an FTC spokesperson stated final week that the company was “tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern,” CNBC.