美国国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约卡斯(Alejandro Mayorkas)表示，他希望Twitter的新主人埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)的行为“负责任”。

“他将在一个重要的平台上担任负责任的职位，我们希望他负责任地行使这一职位，”马约卡斯在华盛顿特区DHS总部接受采访时告诉美国广播公司新闻首席司法记者Pierre Thomas

马斯克，谁上周以大约440亿美元收购了Twitter，转发并删除了关于众议院议长南希·佩洛西的丈夫保罗被袭击的不准确信息。

秘书指出，马斯克“相当迅速地”删除了不准确的帖子。

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is interviewed by ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas at DHS Headquarters in Washington D.C. on November 1, 2022.

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Mayorkas说，最终，要由国会来监管社交媒体公司。然而，他说，政府有权打击虚假信息。

“例如，如果它涉及选举，如果有虚假信息说你不需要在11月8日投票...如果你错过了投票日期，你可以问...允许五天后投票-没有事实依据，不准确的信息，可能会欺骗个人错过他们行使投票权。这是我们将纠正的事情，”他说。“那是我们的责任。这是我们的使命。我们非常自豪地执行它。”

他说，来自民族国家行为者的虚假信息可能会被大量观众看到，包括在2022年中期选举期间，如果它不被踩灭的话。

“在网络环境中，潜在的受众是巨大的，”他说。“无论我们做什么，我们都有责任确保美国公众获得准确的信息。”

今年早些时候，DHS成立了迅速关闭虚假信息治理委员会此举旨在打击虚假信息，但遭到了两党的批评。

马约尔卡斯告诉美国广播公司新闻，领导人有责任打击错误信息。

“领导人的话非常重要，我们需要领导人负责任地行动，”他说。“这是政府的责任，不仅仅是国土安全部的责任。政府的责任。这是领导者的责任。身居要职的人有责任向美国公众传达准确的信息，并纠正他们的错误。”

他担心国家的“温度”和分裂，部长补充说。

DHS chief hopes new Twitter owner Elon Musk acts 'responsibly'

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he hopes Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, acts "responsibly."

"He's going to be in a position of responsibility with respect to an important platform, and we hope that he exercises that position responsibly," Mayorkas told ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas during an interview at DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Musk, whoacquired Twitter for roughly $44 billion last week, retweeted and since deleted inaccurate information regarding the assault of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul.

The secretary noted that Musk removed the inaccurate post "rather rapidly."

Mayorkas said that, ultimately, it's up to Congress to regulate social media companies. The government, however, is within its purview to combat mis- and disinformation, he said.

"For example, if it involves the election -- if there is false information that [says] you don't need to vote on Nov. 8... if you miss [the] voting date, you can ask ... for permission to vote five days later -- with no factual basis, inaccurate information that could deceive an individual into missing their right to exercise their vote. That is something that we will correct," he said. "That is our responsibility. That is our mission. And we execute it quite proudly."

Disinformation from nation-state actors could be seen by a vast audience, he said, including during the 2022 midterm election, if it is not stomped out.

"Here in the online environment, the potential audience is vast," he said. "And what we do, we have a responsibility to make sure that the American public receives accurate information."

Earlier this year, DHS established and thenquickly shut down a Disinformation Governance Boardthat was aimed at combatting disinformation but it was criticized by both sides of the aisle.

Mayorkas told ABC News that leaders have a responsibility to combat misinformation.

"The words of leaders matter a lot, and we need leaders to act responsibly," he said. "It is the responsibility of government, not just the Department of Homeland Security. The responsibility of government. It is a responsibility of leaders. It is the responsibility of people in positions of trust to communicate accurate information to the American public and disabuse them of falsehoods."

He is concerned about the "temperature" in the country and the divisiveness, the secretary added.