White House confirms they are monitoring Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that the White House has been monitoring Twitter now that Elon Musk has taken the social media platform over. 

‘This is something we’re certainly keeping an eye on,’ she said during the daily briefing. ‘We’re all monitoring what’s currently occurring.’

Jean-Pierre was asked how concerned the White House was about Twitter becoming a conduit for misinformation. 

‘Look, we have always been very clear that when it comes to social media platforms, it is their responsibility to make sure that when it comes to misinformation, when it comes to the hate that we’re seeing, that they take action. That they continue to take action,’ Jean-Pierre also said. 

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that the White House has been monitoring Twitter now that Elon Musk has taken the social media platform over

 Billionaire Elon Musk (left) touted Saturday that new signups for Twitter (right) and active users are at an all-time high. He’s allowed a number of right-wing figures back on the platform since his takeover 

Musk touted Saturday that new signups for Twitter and active users are at an all-time high. 

The billionaire has let a number of right-wing figures back on the platform who were previously banned – including reinstating the account of former President Donald Trump, who has yet to tweet from his old handle, as he currently remains faithful to his own Truth Social. 

Musk also reinstated Kanye West, the rapper who’s made a number of recent anti-Semitic statements – and had dinner with Trump and known white supremacist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago last week – as well as Milo Yiannopoulos, a right-wing figure running West’s teased 2024 presidential campaign.

In addition, a number of people in Trump’s orbit including Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Mike Lindell, Mike Flynn and Sidney Powell have been let back on the platform.

Trump was kicked off Twitter for his behavior on January 6, as a MAGA mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, and was later impeached for inciting an insurrection. 

‘Social media companies have a responsibility to prevent their platforms from being used by any user to incite violence, especially violence directed at individual communities,’ Jean-Pierre also said. 

Others got booted for pushing fraudulent election fraud claims in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s 2020 win.

Musk allowed former KKK leader David Duke back on the platform after he got booted in 2020 for hateful conduct.