Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatens to leave Twitter over account impersonating her that was shared by the site’s owner and CEO Elon Musk after she already expressed her discontent with his Twitter Blue paid-for tier.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatens to leave Twitter over impersonation.
The New York congresswoman slammed Elon Musk for sharing a “sick” account that stole her identity while revealing she was “assessing” her relationship to the website and questioning if she should keep using it.
The 33-year-old lawmaker wrote on the microblogging site: “FYI there’s a fake account on here impersonating me and going viral. The Twitter CEO has engaged it, boosting visibility.
“It is releasing false policy statements and gaining spread. I am assessing with my team how to move forward. In the meantime, be careful of what you see.”
Alexandria added: “This is disgusting even for Elon.”
This come after the progressive politician criticised the Tesla CEO – who purchased Twitter for $44 billion late last year – for getting rid of verification and labelled it as a way “for major potential harm”.
She also took aim at the “free speech” defense of charging users $8 a month to get a blue tick on their profile – which was brought in by the previous owners as a way to prevent misinformation and impersonation – when its really just a money making scheme for a struggling tech giant.
Alexandria tweeted: “Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually an $8/mo subscription plan.”
The Democrat is not the only high-profile user to threaten to depart the site and many have followed through on her condemnation of the 51-year-old billionaire’s management like Sir Elton John, Gigi Hadid, Shonda Rhimes, Jim Carrey and Whoopi Goldberg.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatens to leave Twitter
