Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is asking on Congress to cross new laws to rein in tech firms after Twitter boss Elon Musk ignored an data request. “Elon Musk could respond to my tweets but failed to respond to my letter by yesterday’s deadline and answer basic questions about Twitter verification,” Markey tweeted on Saturday.

The senator despatched a letter on November eleventh about Twitter’s paid account verification characteristic. Following the preliminary rollout, trolls may celebrities, politicians and firm model accounts, the latter resulting in real-world results on inventory costs.

Musk addressed one in all Markey’s questions when he introduced Twitter’s new verification system on Friday. It’ll characteristic handbook authentication and totally different coloured verify marks for several types of customers. “Gold check for companies, gray check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates,” Musk mentioned. He’s additionally mentioned sign-ups have hit an .

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