The Federal Communications Commission has said it would be ‘un-American’ to interfere with ‘s $44billion deal.
Commissioner Nathan Simington issued a press release on Monday dismissing requests for the agency to stop Elon Musk from acquiring Twitter.
He warned the agency would not intervene and said he did not have the authority to weigh in on the blockbuster acquisition and added it would be ‘unconstitutional’.
Musk confirmed his mammoth takeover at the end of last month and has vowed to release the shackles ‘woke’ bosses have put on free speech on the site.
It has been met with fury by some who fear the social media giant would further sour if people could post more freely.
FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington issued a press release on Monday dismissing requests for the agency to stop Elon Musk from acquiring Twitter
Simington said the FCC did not have authority to regulate internet platforms like Twitter, but even if it did, allstartechie there was ‘no reason to think the deal would limit competition or harm consumers’
‘The FCC cannot, and should not, block this sale.We should instead applaud Mr. Musk for doing something about a serious problem that government has so far failed to address,’ Simingtong wrote
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