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Markey says Musk has ghosted him in Twitter verification spat
The Hill ^ | 12/05/2022 | CAMDYN BRUCE

Posted on 12/05/2022 1:31:21 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said that Elon Musk still has not replied to his request for transparency into Twitter’s verification process, after the senator allowed a Washington Post reporter to impersonate him using Twitter Blue.

Markey sent Musk a letter on Nov. 11 asking the new Twitter owner to explain how the company would combat impersonation accounts.

“I said to Mr. Musk that he had to have a system that guaranteed that when someone was speaking that it was that person,” Markey said at a Hill event on Friday. “He has not yet sent back to me what the solution is.”

Markey asked Musk in the letter to respond by Nov. 25.

The senator has argued that Twitter poses a risk to public safety if it can not effectively stop individuals and corporations from being impersonated on the platform.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: markey; musk; twitter; verification
Markey is a complete piece of BEEP
1 posted on 12/05/2022 1:31:21 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It says: “ after the senator allowed a Washington Post reporter to impersonate him using Twitter Blue.”

So Markey authorized the Washington Post report to get a certified account in Markey’s name and Twitter is supposed to prevent this? How?


2 posted on 12/05/2022 1:33:52 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Musk should make sure his account pronoun is “pig crap”.


3 posted on 12/05/2022 1:34:37 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Markey is affectionately known by his colleagues as “the Schiz of the Senate”.


4 posted on 12/05/2022 1:34:44 PM PST by allendale
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Elon Musk doesn't work for you, Markey, and owes you nothing.
5 posted on 12/05/2022 1:38:45 PM PST by mep3
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh… NOW he wants transparency…


6 posted on 12/05/2022 1:39:21 PM PST by Skywise
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To: allendale

The press has been asking that senator questions about his public service for years with no answers. The short cute bird message site charges the senator a bit fat $0. If he does not like how it works call the FTC.


7 posted on 12/05/2022 1:39:24 PM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ed Markey is nearly as corrupted as his dead fat POS butt buddy Ted Kennedy


8 posted on 12/05/2022 1:39:41 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Markey is trying to de-rail the Musk freight train.


9 posted on 12/05/2022 1:39:51 PM PST by elpadre (W )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Senator needs to focus more on how to stop SPAM/ROBO calls impersonating companies and annoying citizens and email phishing. Let Twitter do Twitter.


10 posted on 12/05/2022 1:39:54 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: ChicagoConservative27

11 posted on 12/05/2022 1:40:16 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SubMareener

So Markey authorized the Washington Post report to get a certified account in Markey’s name and Twitter is supposed to prevent this? How?

Exactly. Markey engineered a “gotcha” moment, which would be impossible to detect. It’s like giving a hacker the password to one’s Twitter account then complaining the system doesn’t prevent impersonation.


12 posted on 12/05/2022 1:44:58 PM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

hey markey!! ya sends some other sumbitch dat sez hez y’all, and then yas gits ignored?!!

well, jhgdmfc duh!


13 posted on 12/05/2022 1:46:06 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whiney left wing jerk trying to cause problems for Musk.


14 posted on 12/05/2022 1:57:04 PM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Tough noogies, Markey.

After your threats, sux to be you, doesn’t it?


15 posted on 12/05/2022 1:59:40 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: SubMareener

Musk should ban both of them.


16 posted on 12/05/2022 2:52:29 PM PST by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It is true, this man has no balls!


17 posted on 12/05/2022 3:17:05 PM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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To: SubMareener

They will have to all go through id.me.


18 posted on 12/05/2022 3:56:37 PM PST by pas
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To: ChicagoConservative27
So Markey screws himself in collusion with that crazy WaPo reporter, then turns round and tries to blame Musk for it.
Not going to end well for Markey.
19 posted on 12/05/2022 4:11:15 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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