Scrutiny of Elon Musk continues to develop and President Biden weighed in throughout a briefing on the White Home on Wednesday.
Responding to a query about whether or not or not Musk is a risk to nationwide safety, Biden initially laughed earlier than saying “Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with different international locations is worthy of being checked out.”
He went on to say he’s not suggesting Musk is doing something inappropriate, merely that it’s “value being checked out.” When requested how, Biden stated “There’s plenty of methods.”
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The query centered on Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, which seems to have been funded partially by Saudi Arabia. CNBC has beforehand reported Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has been pushing for an investigation to “shield the nationwide safety pursuits of the USA and Americans” as “any potential that Twitter’s overseas possession will end in elevated censorship, misinformation, or political violence is a grave nationwide safety concern.”
China can be the elephant within the room because the nation is essential to Tesla and there are issues this might influence operations at Twitter. That continues to be to be seen, however China closely censors social media and NBC famous there are fears Musk may hesitate to take away “Chinese language authorities propaganda or state-sponsored misinformation campaigns out of concern that it may negatively have an effect on his enterprise relationship with Beijing.”
How all of this performs out stays to be seen, however momentum for an investigation is constructing and will probably develop louder now that the mid-term elections are largely over.