by Steve Watson, Summit News:
Biden’s FTC is going after the journalists Musk provided with access to Twitter records
Following a report that the Federal Trade Commission has demanded Twitter turn over all internal communications related to owner Elon Musk and identify all the journalists that he has provided with company records, Musk accused the Biden regime of “weaponization of a government agency.”
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The Wall Street Journal reports that the FTC wants Musk to provide testimony and provide the information, in addition to details about staff layoffs and the launch of the revamped Twitter Blue subscription service.
After Michael Shellenberger, one of the journalists involved in the release of the Twitter files, labeled the move “an outrageous attack on the first amendment,” Musk responded, calling it a “shameful case of weaponization of a government agency for political purposes and suppression of the truth!”
The Biden administration is demanding that @elonmusk explain why he allowed journalists access to the Twitter Files. This is an outrageous attack on the First Amendment.https://t.co/j900uoqg0w
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) March 7, 2023
“IDENTIFY ALL JOURNALISTS” https://t.co/NpO8rDN8HK pic.twitter.com/9b2wdiWTNr
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) March 7, 2023
“There is no logical reason why the FTC needs to know the identities of journalists engaging with Twitter. There is no logical reason why the FTC, on the basis of user privacy, needs to analyze all of Twitter’s personnel decisions. And there is no logical reason why the FTC needs… https://t.co/ZyqqkMH6go
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) March 7, 2023
