Elon Musk’s Twitter under White House scanner
During a media briefing, a White House spokesperson said late on Monday that the White House is keeping a “close eye” on Twitter under Elon Musk and will not allow the platform to incite violence against individual communities. The relevant authorities are “keeping track of what is going on Twitter at the moment.”
“We’re certainly keeping an eye on it. We have always been very clear that when it comes to social media platforms, it is their responsibility to make sure that when it comes to misinformation and hate that we’re seeing, they take action and they continue to take action again and again,” the spokesperson told the media persons.
“We see with our own eyes what you all are reporting about what’s happening on Twitter. Social media companies have a responsibility to prevent their platforms from being used by any user to incite violence, especially violence directed at individual communities,” the White House spokesperson added.
US president Joe Biden has been “very clear on calling that out” and “we’re going to continue to monitor Twitter” she noted.
A defiant Musk tweeted on Tuesday that this is a battle for the future of civilization. “If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead,” he posted to his more than 119 million users.
This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 29, 2022
“Twitter Files on free speech suppression will soon be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened,” he added.
Meanwhile, the microblogging giant owner has said that Apple has “threatened to withhold” Twitter from its App Store without giving a reason.
Musk’s allegation came shortly after he tweeted late Monday night that Apple has “mostly stopped advertising on” Twitter following a poll that asked users about whether the iPhone maker should “publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers”.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Good if Meta / Facebook & Twitter collapse, good for the world & lose talks. No need to cry or talk on them