Elon Musk Might’ve Inadvertently Sparked a Senate Investigation Into Twitter

Elon Musk could have simply put his personal foot in his mouth concerning his new child, Twitter — as a result of he pissed off a U.S. Senator … who has the ability to research him, formally.

The Chief Twit received right into a digital squabble Sunday with Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts … this after the lawmaker despatched EM an official letter asking for a proof on why so many individuals have been in a position to impersonate others on Twitter, together with Markey himself.

You see, a WaPo reporter not too long ago did what a ton of others have completed recently — altering their profile names/pics and pretending to be one other public determine. In this case, the journo was assuming Markey’s identification to show a degree … and the Senator desires some solutions.

Markey was agency … accusing Elon of placing income over Twitter’s integrity, to which the person in query fired again, “Perhaps it’s as a result of your actual account seems like a parody?”

He adopted up by poking enjoyable at the truth that Sen. Markey has a masks in his profile pic, however the legislator wasn’t in a kidding temper. He appeared to threaten Elon with the prospect of Senate hearings if he did not get his home so as … past simply Twitter, the truth is.

Markey wrote in response, “One of your corporations is beneath an FTC consent decree. Auto security watchdog NHTSA is investigating one other for killing folks. And you’re spending your time choosing fights on-line. Fix your corporations. Or Congress will.”

Elon left it there, however he began to get mocked as effectively by different reporters and pundits … lots of whom famous that he simply may’ve screwed himself right into a subpoena to testify — seeing how Markey sits on just a few key subcommittees that oversee precisely what Elon dabbles in within the non-public sector … like Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Co. and now Twitter.