Senator Ed Markey from Massachusetts made statements about Twitter’s new verification policies and requested information from Elon Musk about the problems experienced. Musk, on the other hand, gave a harsh response to this request and the tension between the two increased.Twitter has been at the center of criticism about the “verified account” issue for some time now. With the Twitter Blue subscription, everyone was provided with a verified account and a blue tick badge. However, this scenario is quite open to disinformation because it caused fake or fake accounts to appear as approved.
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On this issue, Massachusetts Senator and Congressman Ed Markey stated that by tagging Elon Musk on Twitter, a WashingtonPost reporter managed to create a verified account (@realEdMarkey) by impersonating myself. Markey also asked Musk how this happened and how they would prevent it from happening again.
Musk’s response to the Senator is a bit harsh: “Maybe because the real account looks like a parody? And why does your pp have a mask!?”.
Markey’s response points to problems at Musk’s companies: “One of your companies is covered by the FTC approval order. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA is investigating Tesla for killing people. And you spend your time choosing fights online. Fix your companies or Congress will fix it.”
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