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Strong action by the European Parliament against the “arbitrariness” of Elon Musk! summoned for hearing

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Elon Musk has been summoned for a hearing before the European Parliament.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola sent a letter to Musk asking him to appear before Parliament.
The European Parliament does not have the power to compel Elon Musk to appear.

Brussels. Taking strong action against the alleged “arbitrary measures” of Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform Twitter, the head of the European Parliament has summoned him for a hearing before the European Parliament. His spokesman said parliament speaker Roberta Metsola sent a letter to the billionaire asking him to appear before the European Parliament. However, the European Parliament does not have the power to compel Elon Musk to appear. Elon Musk’s reaction to this could not be known immediately.

According to a report from the AFP news agency, Elon Musk, boss of electric car company Tesla, has brought a period of turmoil and controversy since buying Twitter for $44 billion in October. Controversies over the reinstatement of former US President Donald Trump’s account after the company fired half of its employees, scrapped a policy against COVID-19 misinformation, banned and then reinstated some journalists’ accounts, and actions of Twitter But Musk, such as blocking content from rival platforms, have drawn the ire of policymakers in the United States and Europe.

Elon Musk came on his back when the world reprimanded, suspended journalists’ Twitter accounts restored

Given this, the European Commission has warned Elon Musk that he may have to risk EU “sanctions” for threatening media freedom. While Musk conducted a Twitter poll on Monday asking if he should continue as CEO of online company Twitter. A total of 57.5% of users answered “yes”, they should go. Twitter shares have fallen by a third since Musk took office. Due to this turmoil, advertisers pulled out of Twitter.

Tags: Elon Musk, EU, European Union, Twitter

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