Warner on sale of Twitter to Elon Musk

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a former tech entrepreneur and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued the statement below on the deal to sell Twitter to Elon Musk:

As the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I’ve long pushed social media platforms – including Twitter – to act to protect users, increase data transparency, and curb the spread of online misinformation and disinformation, among other measures.

As I’ve acknowledged in the past, Twitter has been more forward-leaning than many of its competitors in its efforts to tackle false, deceptive, and manipulated content – though even Twitter has significant room for improvement. It is my hope that Mr. Musk will work in good faith to keep these necessary reforms in place and prevent a backslide that is harmful to democracy and to the important discourse that takes place on Twitter across the world every day.