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Elon Musk, X Fought Surveillance While Profiting Off Surveillance
Elon Musk and X postured as defenders against government surveillance but sold user data to Dataminr, which facilitates such surveillance.
The suit was aimed at overturning a governmental ban on disclosing the receipt of requests, known as national security letters, that compel companies to turn over everything from user metadata to private direct messages. The court’s refusal to take the case on ended X’s legal bid, but the company and Musk had positioned themselves at the forefront of a battle on behalf of internet users for greater transparency about government surveillance. While national security letters allow the government to make targeted demands for non-public data on an individual basis, companies like Dataminr continuously monitor public activity on social media and other internet platforms.
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