‘Fix your companies. Or Congress will,’ Senator Ed Markey warns Elon Musk
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#65SDT)
Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) told Elon Musk, Fix your companies. Or Congress will," after Musk snarkily replied to the senator's concerns about fake verified accounts on Twitter, and suggested Markey's real account sounds like a parody."
On Friday, Markey sent out a tweet containing a link to a letter he wrote to Musk, criticizing the new $7.99 per month Blue with verification subscription. The letter cites a report from the Washington Post that details how a reporter was able to easily create a fake verified account impersonating Markey and calls on Musk to address the issue. Twitter must explain how this happened and how to prevent it from happening again," Markey writes.
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