. In the days following Musk's acquisition of the company, Roth emerged as a public voice explaining and defending some of the many changes that were being implemented. He joined Musk on a Twitter Spaces discussion on Wednesday to assuage concerns about the platform's handling of harmful content amid the changes.
In the Slack message, a Twitter employee wrote that Musk's sole priority is "recouping the losses he's incurring as a result of failing to get out of his binding obligation to buy Twitter." It could even put Twitter's own employees in legal jeopardy, the message suggested, after the employee claimed Musk was unconcerned about Twitter's potential liability before the FTC.
Spiro did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement, a spokesperson for the FTC said it is "tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern.""No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees," the spokesperson said. "Our revised consent order gives us new tools to ensure compliance, and we are prepared to use them.