:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4132/d583334e07b643b158b745b655f05032.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2021/02/14/13628887t1h078a.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "“Risk of incurring fines”. The European Parliament invites Elon Musk to testify")
Metsola sent a letter to Musk inviting him to appear before the European Parliament to testify.
However, the European Parliament lacks the power to compel Musk to testify and his response to this invitation is not yet known.
Musk, the head of electric car maker Tesla, has been engaged in scandalous activity on the social network Twitter since he bought it for $44 billion in October.
Musk fired half of Twitter’s staff, reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account, abandoned a policy against Covid-19 disinformation, blocked and then reinstated the accounts of some journalists and temporarily blocked references to rival platforms. With these actions he has attracted the attention of US and European politicians.
The European Commission has warned Musk he risks facing EU sanctions for undermining media freedom.
Users of “Twitter” voted on Monday to fire Musk as head of the social network. In total, 57.5% of more than 17 million accounts voted to fire him.
Since Musk took over Twitter, the company’s stock price has dropped by a third. Many companies have stopped posting their ads on this site, worried about the changes that are taking place there.
