Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers.
A more hands-off approach to content moderation has many people concerned the platform will become more of a haven for disinformation and hate speech, something it has worked hard on in recent years to mitigate. Musk has described himself as a “free-speech absolutist” but is also known for blocking or disparaging other Twitter users who question or disagree with him.
It won’t be perfect, Musk added, “but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible." “Marginalized communities of users are especially vulnerable to the forms of hate and harassment that so often circulate in unregulated online spaces,” she said.
Noteworthy as they are, the SEC matters have no bearing on Musk’s fitness to buy a company, according to St. John's University business professor Anthony Sabino, making it unlikely that they would represent roadblocks to the takeover.
LI great news, start locking up the closet.
NJ YEAH BUDDY!! Sad we even have to bring up and remind people about First Amendment to the United States Constitution, I guess people need to a refresh or our history since 1789
CT Time to leave Twitter
LI So the libs only like Elon when he’s making electric cars, but hate him when he buys a social media platform to promote bringing back free speech? Ok, I get it now.
LI
NJ A great day for democracy
Maybe he can buy Altice next.
This is so good !!!! Free speech!!!
CT Democracy dies in darkness
NJ Yeah
You know this is not a liberal/conservative issue right, people in the comments? Just another thing to check off on the list of a comically rich divorced man who so desperately wants to be liked by everyone. How's that Flint aid coming along huh?
NJ I have bigger things in my life to worry about… I will still make it to work, I will still make it home and get paid. I will still continue doing the things that I like to do. My likes and needs doesn’t involve Twitter. Neither should yours.
Excited to have TRUMP allowed back on twitter… miss those mean tweets 😂.. now if we could only have cheap gas again
CT
LI Finally freedom of speech returns
LI
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LI One step Closer to Shutting Down the Propaganda Network Views !!! 💪💪
WC A great day for freedom
LI Hahaha. Awesome!!!
Damn. There goes Twitter.
LI Our leader Trump is returning!!!
Based
LI If liberals don’t like it, they can make their own platform. I was told that’s how it works.
LI Watch out for liberal meltdown videos being filmed in their Tesla’s
WC Twitter Twitter Elon, you could have accomplished a lot more for the world with your billion$ than to spend it on Twitter! If I don't like what I see, I will definitely close my Twitter account.
LI Capitalism is not working for the middle class and marginalized- it is working for the wealthy 1% at the expense of everyone else
NJ Maybe y’all will start telling the truth now?
Omg I wonder what’s gonna happen to twitter
NJ We now know freedom costs only $44bil
LI Blood money from daddy off of child slaves.
LI If you listen you can hear the sound of liberals heads exploding.
LI Yuk
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