Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr on Wednesday rejected a call to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.
Carr, in a statement, said the FCC “has no authority to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, and to suggest otherwise is absurd.” He added, “I welcome the full FCC making it clear that we will not entertain these types of frivolous arguments.”
It came, according to the FCC, after the Open Markets Institute issued a release calling for the agency to block Twitter’s sale to Musk. Both Twitter and the Tesla CEO confirmed the company would be purchased by Musk, the world’s richest person, for $44 billion on Monday.
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