Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) raised concerns Wednesday about whether Elon Musk’s social platform X is violating sanctions by reportedly allowing members of terrorist organizations to obtain “blue checks.”
In a letter to Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent and national security adviser Marco Rubio, Warren pointed to a recent report finding that sanctioned individuals from al Qaeda, Hezbollah and the Houthis had been allowed to obtain the check marks and the benefits that come with them.
“Although X’s official policies state that its premium services are off limits for those subject to U.S. sanctions, in practice, X nevertheless appears to have facilitated payments for terrorists and other sanctioned individuals,” Warren wrote.
The Massachusetts Democrats underscored that X Pre