Media companies file motion to unseal personal information of FTX customers

This is an editorialized title. They aren’t asking to “unseal” anything because nothing has been sealed yet. The default assumption in bankruptcy is that the list of creditors is public information. FTX has filed a motion to seal this list, and the media companies are asking the court to deny this motion.

The submitted title seems to frame this as a privacy issue. I am a strong supporter of privacy, but in the legal system certain things pretty much have to be public, and creditors’ claims fall into this category.