Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to amass Twitter hasn’t escaped authorities scrutiny simply but. In accordance with a report from Bloomberg, the US authorities is wanting into whether or not Musk’s overseas funding companions have entry to customers’ personal knowledge on the platform.

Sources near the state of affairs instructed Bloomberg that the federal government’s asking for extra particulars about Musk’s personal agreements with the worldwide traders who maintain stakes within the firm, which embrace Saudi Arabia’s Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud and the Qatar Funding Authority. Musk’s enterprise dealings in each Ukraine and China have additionally drawn concern.

Individually, quite a few lawmakers, together with Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), are additionally pushing for the Federal Commerce Fee to take motion in opposition to Twitter.

Twitter can also be on the hook to adjust to the circumstances of the settlement it reached with the FTC earlier this yr over claims it used private data to promote focused advertisements. As reported by The Verge’s Alex Heath, Twitter’s lawyer has already warned the corporate might face billions in fines if it doesn’t observe the company’s consent order.