{"id":1458038,"date":"2022-04-29T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458038"},"modified":"2022-04-29T12:01:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:01:03","slug":"senate-democrats-consider-hauling-elon-musk-in-for-questioning-over-twitter-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-consider-hauling-elon-musk-in-for-questioning-over-twitter-buyout\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats Consider Hauling Elon Musk In For Questioning Over Twitter Buyout"},"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\">24<\/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-consider-hauling-elon-musk-in-for-questioning-over-twitter-buyout%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=1458038&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Maria-Cantwell.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Senate Democrats are contemplating bringing billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk before Congress for questioning over his future plans for Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter announced on Monday that the social media giant and Musk, the world\u2019s wealthiest man, had reached an agreement for Musk to purchase the company at $54.20 a share and take it private. Musk has criticized Twitter\u2019s moderation policies and said that the platform should take an approach more in line with the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thinking about it,\u201d Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-28\/musk-is-in-senate-democrats-sights-over-plans-to-buy-twitter\">Bloomberg<\/a> in response to a question on whether Democrats planned to question Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Commerce Committee has held hearings with major social media platform heads in the past, such as former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who heads Facebook and Instagram. The committee has also had Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to testify.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), who sits on the Commerce Committee, emphasized the importance of learning about Twitter\u2019s potential censorship and moderation policies under Musk\u2019s management.<\/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 told 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 added.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said, \u201cthere is a powerful imperative to ask [Musk] to tell Congress and the American people how he\u2019s going to address the concerns that we\u2019ve raised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to Musk\u2019s buyout of Twitter has generally been split along political lines, with Democrats expressing concern and Republicans celebrating the change in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1519144947991130118\">said<\/a> that Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter is \u201cthe biggest development for free speech in decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a reason why Big Tech liberals want to silence conservatives \u2013 they know that freedom and free enterprise wins!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the aisle, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1518702084048179200\">expressed<\/a> concern over \u201cbillionaires like Elon Musk \u2026 accumulating power for their own gain.\u201d She called for stricter rules on tech companies and a wealth tax.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s deal with Twitter is not finalized and could take months to fully change hands. After the entrepreneur made his initial offer, Twitter\u2019s board appeared to be preparing to fight it and adopted a so-called \u201cpoison pill\u201d to keep him from acquiring more stock. However, the platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/elon-musk-to-acquire-twitter-301532245.html\">reversed<\/a> itself on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world. 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