{"id":54489,"date":"2022-11-15T08:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54489"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:29:57","slug":"markey-to-musk-fix-your-companies-or-congress-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54489","title":{"rendered":"MARKEY TO MUSK: \u2018FIX YOUR COMPANIES OR CONGRESS WILL\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen.\u00a0Ed Markey\u00a0(D-Mass.)\u00a0clashed with billionaire<\/a>\u00a0Elon Musk\u00a0in an online exchange Sunday, telling the world\u2019s richest man to \u201cfix your companies or Congress will\u201d after Musk mocked the senator\u2019s complaints about Twitter.<\/p>\n

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On Friday,\u00a0Markey sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to Musk asking for more information about how accounts on Twitter are being verified and accusing the social media company\u2019s new owner of allowing the spread of disinformation and \u201cputting profits over people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Markey sent the letter to Musk after his account was\u00a0copied by a Washington Post reporter\u00a0<\/a>testing how easy it was to impersonate notable figures. The fake Markey account, which was set up with the senator\u2019s permission, was later suspended.<\/p>\n

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Musk\u00a0replied Sunday<\/a>\u00a0to Markey\u2019s tweet sharing the letter with a mocking jab at the senator.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPerhaps it is because your real account sounds like a parody?\u201d Musk wrote. \u201cAnd why does your [personal profile] have a mask!?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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