White House Press Secretary on Elon Musk Purchasing Twitter

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responds to question on news reports that Elon Musk is purchasing Twitter: "I'm not going to comment on a specific transaction, what I can tell you as a general matter, no matter who owns or runs Twitter, the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms, the power they have over our everyday lives, has long argued that tech platforms must be held accountable for the harms they cause."

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[MrWonderful]

I love how she pivots to large social media platforms being a problem now that they don’t own it.

[scottshannon]

The Democrats love Big Tech as long it is serving their interests and spreading their lies.

[basedlord]

If the White House isn’t happy about something, it means it’s a good thing for the people

[timothypopik]

Cost to purchase twitter - $44 billion, the look on Psaki's face - priceless.

[anthony-ipox]

Biden wasn't so concerned when everything on Twitter was positive for him but negative for Trump.

[nickbeall]

You’re right Psaki! The power of large social media platforms is very influential. All of a sudden it’s a problem now that your party might not be able to censor and manipulate it? Lmao

[cirstincurry]

These people are hilarious. It wasn’t so concerning when Conservatives were being silenced.

[Misaka-gtyj]

“It’s a private business it can do what it wants. If you don’t like it, go make your own platform!”

[DoomShop]

I’m so sorry this is happening to you guys. Feel free to build your own Twitter tho!

[Christian_Maoist.]

Gotta love how for them, not having the power to easily silence dissidents requires "holding tech companies accountable for their harm"

[jeffd]

Why would anyone believe anything from a person that their entire day consists of nothing more than lying to people ?

[dylanmurphy]

“The power they have over our everyday lives”
Example: banning the US president

[MostDopeBrandon]

Nearly everything she just said is what conservatives have been saying since 2020. I'm done arguing with hypocrites.

[aguilarkristine]

I learnt Twitter stocks is gonna fall in the coming weeks... How true? Scared!

[wellokayyes]

Psaki needs to be red flagged on twitter for all the countless lies she pushes on the daily.

[JillianSmall_ChildofGod]

All of a sudden, social media platforms are a concern for the president and they must be held accountable lol. Wow. Did not see that coming.

[jrowdygi]

Not the most pro free speech administration are they.

[VeniVidiVid]

So the bottom line is that they’re now concerned because they have less influence over it?

[tj]

Someone is concerned for free speech coming back to a platform that was originally built for free speech.

[txryder]

Translation.... I'm not going to comment on specifics, but the president supports censorship and the suppression of 1st amendment rights and anyone who challenges that will be handled.