{"id":1755258,"date":"2022-11-29T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755258"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:28:15","slug":"biden-admin-says-its-now-monitoring-elon-musks-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-its-now-monitoring-elon-musks-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Says Its Now Monitoring Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-says-its-now-monitoring-elon-musks-twitter%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=1755258&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\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/51440836833_16f1c8e3f3_b.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is \u201ckeeping an eye on\u201d Twitter, his press secretary said as the social media site\u2019s new billionaire owner Elon Musk ramps up his drive for free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u2019s remarks came at a press conference Monday after a reporter suggested Musk\u2019s buyout of Twitter is \u201ca critical moment, really, in terms of ensuring that Twitter does not become a vector for misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter asked if Jean-Pierre was \u201cconcerned about that\u201d and wondered what \u201ctools\u201d the administration has to address the alleged problem.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is something that we\u2019re certainly keeping an eye on,\u201d Jean-Pierre answered, adding, \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to monitor the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press secretary also said it\u2019s the \u201cresponsibility\u201d of social media platforms to \u201ctake action\u201d against misinformation and hate. Vaguely referring to \u201cwhat\u2019s happening on Twitter,\u201d she said \u201cwe see it with our own eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk reacted to the exchange on Twitter, asking: \u201cWhy are so many in the media against free speech? This is messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why are so many in the media against free speech? This is messed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597335738655604737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597335738655604737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jean-Pierre\u2019s comment also came as Musk went on a tweetstorm Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597405399040217088\">l<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597405399040217088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ab<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597405399040217088\">eling<\/a> his push for free speech as \u201ca battle for the future of civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla and SpaceX CEO\u2019s acquisition of Twitter, finalized last month, was premised on loosening content moderation and allowing for more free speech. Some previously banned accounts have been restored, including former President Donald Trump\u2019s, but no significant changes to content moderation have been reported yet.<\/p>\n<p>Musk previously said content policy changes would <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/11\/musk-twitter-will-form-council-to-moderate-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">come only after<\/a> forming a \u201ccontent moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.\u201d But he has qualified and partially retracted that idea since then, Techdirt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2022\/11\/23\/elon-admits-his-content-moderation-council-was-always-a-charade-to-hopefully-bring-advertisers-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, his turbulent ownership has seen about half of all Twitter employees fired, including some who handled misinformation, CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-outsourced-content-moderators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. And the site <a href=\"https:\/\/transparency.twitter.com\/en\/reports\/covid19.html#2021-jul-dec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a> its \u201cCOVID-19 misleading information policy\u201d is no longer implemented as of Nov. 23.<\/p>\n<p>A reported spike in racial slurs immediately following Musk\u2019s acquisition was attributed to a \u201ctrolling campaign\u201d of fake accounts, as <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported by<\/a> Variety.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden is reportedly also angling for a national security review of Musk\u2019s international business dealings. He told reporters this month that foreign investment in his Twitter buyout was <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/11\/biden-says-elon-musk-may-be-natl-security-threat-worth-being-looked-at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cworth being looked at.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is \u201ckeeping an eye on\u201d Twitter, his press secretary said as the social media site\u2019s new billionaire owner Elon Musk ramps up his drive for free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1888895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Says Its Now Monitoring Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Says Its Now Monitoring Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}