The world’s richest man is about to take control of the world’s most influential social media platform — what could go wrong?
necessary to make it happen. This piqued Twitter’s interest, to say the least.
Musk has long been a vocal Twitter critic, and implied in his initial filing to take over the company that it was stifling free speech. “I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” he wrote. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form.
Twitter has suspended or banned several prominent accounts for posting misinformation and hateful content — most notably former President Trump. It’s unclear whether Musk would remove the guardrails and let lies and abuse run rampant on the platform, but it certainly appears that way.
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