{"id":1457910,"date":"2022-04-29T10:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457910"},"modified":"2022-04-29T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:59:54","slug":"senate-democrats-want-to-haul-elon-musk-in-for-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-want-to-haul-elon-musk-in-for-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats Want To Haul Elon Musk In For Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-democrats-want-to-haul-elon-musk-in-for-questioning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457910&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Senate Democrats are reportedly considering holding a hearing for Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk after he bought Twitter for $44 billion.<\/p>\n<p>There are no concrete plans, but \u201cWe\u2019re thinking about it,\u201d Democratic Washington Sen. and Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell said Thursday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-28\/musk-is-in-senate-democrats-sights-over-plans-to-buy-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cantwell added that hearings have been held in the past for former Twitter Inc. chief executive Jack Dorsey, Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/12\/zuckerberg-election-donations-midterms-2020-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zuckerberg<\/a> and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey said having a hearing is important since Twitter is \u201ccentral to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a technology which is central to democracy and our economy and it is important for the representatives of the American people to hear what the new owners intend on using that technology to accomplish,\u201d Markey said, according to Bloomberg. \u201cWe have to understand the censorship or lack thereof, content moderation or not, that is going to be the policy for the new owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of what the values are that this company is going to be creating for the new Elon Musk Twitter world, I think that\u2019s actually a necessary role for Congress to play,\u201d he reportedly added. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/charlie-kirk-returns-twitter-elon-musk-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018Our\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Protest<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Worked<\/span>\u2018: Charlie Kirk Returns To Twitter After Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018New Promises\u2019 For Free Speech)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal also reportedly said he would be in favor of having a hearing for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/elon-musk-the-far-left-hates-everyone-themselves-included-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a powerful imperative to ask him to tell Congress and the American people how he\u2019s going to address the concerns that we\u2019ve raised,\u201d he said, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has spoken about the importance of free speech on the platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">By \u201cfree speech\u201d, I simply mean that which matches the law.<\/p>\n<p>I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.<\/p>\n<p>If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519036983137509376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBy \u2018free speech,\u2019 I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,\u201d Musk also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/incredibly-inappropriate-musk-twitter-suspending-new-york-post-hunter-biden-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cI also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats are reportedly considering holding a hearing for Tesla Inc. 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