X Corp. wants the FTC to end an order that binds it to privacy reporting through 2042, arguing new leadership and a new AI-driven business model warrant relief—but EFF and allied groups say corporate rebranding doesn't erase consent decree obligations.
The coalition's comment letter points to X's undisclosed Grok training on user data and a 2025 breach as evidence the underlying risks persist, not the opposite. For data companies watching FTC consent decree enforcement, the filing signals that AI expansion plans won't be treated as grounds to loosen existing privacy oversight, and that compliance costs will be weighed against a company's actual valuation rather than accepted at face value.
because the FTC orders bind the corporate entity. Those obligations do not dissolve when the employees who negotiated or administered it depart.
