The White House announced on Monday that it is monitoring the social networking platform Twitter under new executive director Ilon Musk for the possibility of disinformation.
"This is something we are certainly monitoring," White House spokeswoman Carine Jean Pierre said when asked about the potential for Twitter to evolve into a disinformation vehicle.
Jean-Pierre said social media platforms have a responsibility "to make sure when it comes to misinformation, when it comes to the hate that we see, that they take action and that they continue to take action."
Musk, who has restored a number of Twitter accounts that were previously disabled, said that last weekend the number of new user sign-ups was at an all-time high. However, there has been a mass exodus of advertisers over concerns about corroborating data and the hate speech that Musk blames on activist groups lobbying companies that advertise on Twitter.
"We're all watching this closely," Jean Pierre told reporters at the White House. "Social media companies have a responsibility to prevent their platforms from potential use by users seeking to provoke violence, particularly violence that targets specific communities."
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