Senators Ask FTC to Probe Musk’s ‘Alarming Steps’ at Twitter

A group of Democratic senators asked the US Federal Trade Commission to look into whether Twitter Inc. breached consumer protection laws or its consent decree under Elon Musk’s ownership.

Musk “has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and safety of the platform, and announced new features despite clear warnings those changes would be abused for fraud, scams, and dangerous impersonation,” according to a letter to the FTC on Thursday signed by seven senators, including Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren and Dianne Feinstein.

The senators wrote that the loss of key executives who oversaw privacy, cybersecurity and ...