Senior Labour politician questions Elon Musk’s ‘reluctance’ to appear before MPs in parliament
Chair of parliament’s technology committee invited Elon Musk in December to give evidence before MPs
A senior Labour MP has questioned Elon Musk’s apparent “reluctance” to appear before MPs in parliament despite the billionaire’s barrage of interventions on UK politics using his social media site X.
The House of Commons technology committee invited the world’s richest man in December to give evidence in parliament as part of its inquiry into the role of social media and misinformation in fuelling the summer riots that erupted in the wake of the Southport attack.
Although Mr Musk – who is set to assume a key role in Donald Trump’s incoming US administration – is reportedly yet to officially reply to the invitation, he initially responded on X by claiming that MPs would be summoned to the US “to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens”.
Senior Labour politician questions Elon Musk’s ‘reluctance’ to appear before MPs in parliament
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/elon-musk-parliament-labour-technology-b2678198.html