In a previous interview, Musk said that verified Twitter accounts cost $8 per month to maintain.
After Senator Ed Markey demanded an explanation from Musk for a Washington Post journalist creating a verified account that looked like him, Elon Musk poked fun at the issue.
Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey recently addressed the problem of fake accounts in a letter to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The public saw the letter on Friday after it was published. In response to a query on how “a @washingtonpost reporter was able to build a verified account copying me,” Musk said, “I am choosing money above people and his debt above challenging falsehoods.” Twitter must quickly offer an explanation and detail the steps it will take to prevent a repetition of the occurrence.
Markey alleges in his letter that a reporter paid $8 to get a bogus account approved in light of Musk’s tighter policies. However, the Senator made it obvious that he did not support the novel strategy.
Sen. Ed Markey’s identity was stolen, according to Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and recent Twitter purchaser.
Musk discovered the truth after determining that Markey’s profile picture was a lie.
Liberals and intellectuals alike have cast doubt on Musk’s assertion.
Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, said to Turner, “He’s an elected person with constituents.” Still, one of the participants denied knowing anything about the prank.
“It is never a good idea to criticize politicians. The future is uncertain now that the Democrats control the Senate. It’s likely that Musk is lying. His attempts to influence lawmakers covered a wide variety of topics.” The piece by Sam Stein for Politico includes a wealth of background information.
CNN political commentator Ronald Brownstein has opined that Musk’s “right-wing” agenda turns off his left-wing detractors.
Keith Boykin suggests donating $8 a month to “help fund the lifestyle of a struggling South African millionaire who is using his newly acquired platform to criticize Democrats in the United States Congress.”
Musk just let off a number of high-level employees at the social networking site, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and director of legal policy, trust, and safety Vijaya Gadde. The new package offers 24-hour protection for customer accounts for around $8 monthly.
Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, recently wrote to inquire about the “process” by which a fraudster might acquire the verified blue checkmark without paying for it.
Following that, the Senator continued his Twitter attacks on Musk.
Markey told us that one of your businesses had broken the law by paying a fine to the FTC to resolve a complaint. “Once it was determined that a third car was involved, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began its investigation. It’s clear that you never actually exit your account, despite the fact that this is driving everyone around you nuts. True shareholders want nothing more than for their firm to succeed. Only those who are voted to the office by the voters to represent them in Congress can actually make any changes.”