FCC Commissioner Rejects Call to Block Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

FCC Commissioner Rejects Call to Block Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
Elon Musk celebrates after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 30, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr has rejected a call to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.

Carr, in an April 27 statement, said the FCC “has no authority to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, and to suggest otherwise is absurd.”
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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