Former Twitter Executive Sued X Corp For Dismissal Related To Budget Cuts

JAKARTA - Alan Rosa, who previously served as Head of Global Information Security on Twitter, filed a lawsuit at the New Jersey Federal Court on Tuesday, December 5 claimed contract violations, unauthorized dismissal, and retaliation, between other claims.

X Corp has not given a response to the request of a comment.

Rosa claimed that at the end of last year, after Elon Musk acquired the company, he was asked to cut the department's budget for physical security of 50% and close software that allows Twitter to share information with law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Rosa said he objected because the discount would place Twitter at the risk of violating an agreement worth 150 million US dollars (IDR 2.3 trillion) which was followed in early 2022 with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which stated that Twitter had misused the user's personal information. The agreement requires Twitter to implement privacy security controls and information to protect confidential data.

He was fired a few days after lifting the concern, according to his lawsuit. Rosa demands an unspecified compensation and sanctions, as well as legal costs.

X Corp has been faced with a number of lawsuits by former employees and executives since the acquisition by Musk and pruning more than half of its workforce as a step in cost savings.

These lawsuits include various claims, including that the company failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in severance pay to former employees, discriminate against older employees, women, and workers with disabilities, and did not provide notification before mass termination. X Corp has denied the accusation.