Watch: Elon Musk Invited to Speak Before Government Council About Big Tech Collusion
A Dutch member of the European Parliament wants Twitter owner Elon Musk to appear at a hearing to discuss the role of Big Tech in muzzling opinions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Roos made the offer in a video he…
A Dutch member of the European Parliament wants 🐦Twitter owner 👤Elon Musk to appear at a hearing to discuss the role of 💻Big Tech in muzzling opinions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rob Roos made the offer in a video he posted to 🐦Twitter on Saturday.
“I would hereby like to invite @ElonMusk to provide testimony before the European Parliament. The subject: 💻Big Tech🚫Censorship during #COVID. Did 💻Big Tech collude with EU govts? Mr. Musk, your courage is needed to reveal the truth,” he tweeted.
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In the video, Roos offered his opinion that “one of the characteristic features COVID-19 pandemic was
🚫Censorship
and disinformation by governments.”
“Disinformation about the nature of the virus. Disinformation about the supposed benefits of lockdowns and restrictions. Disinformation about the functioning of the vaccines,” he said.
“💻Big Tech companies played a crucial role in this. They ruthlessly censored information, deleted accounts of dissenting scientists and shadowbanned critical voices. The people have a right to know what happened, to know which decisions were taken,” he said.
“I deeply admire your courage in providing the much-needed transparency into 🐦Twitter’s decisions at the time,” he said, inviting Musk to a hearing at the European Parliament.
Roos framed the pandemic as a dangerous time for democracy.
“In times of crisis, we learn about how robust our democracy truly is,” he said.
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, 🚫Censorship posed a severe threat to the open discussion of facts that we should have in a democracy,” he said.
Roos has been a member of the European Parliament since July 2019 and is a member of the JA21 political party.
Last week, Musk was asked if he would have a “🐦Twitter Files” episode about COVID-19 muzzling on 🐦Twitter.
“Oh it is coming bigtime,” Musk replied.
Musk has begun a project labeled the “🐦Twitter Files” in which journalists hand-picked by Musk have released information concerning 🐦Twitter’s behind-the-scenes activities to muzzle speech on the platform, most recently concerning the ban of former President Donald Trump and links between the FBI and Twitter.
Musk, whose trolling on 🐦Twitter helped make his account popular long before he bought the 📱Social media platform, later added a zinger aimed at Dr. Anthony Fauci, writing, “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci.”
