Elon Musk has agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Picture: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
The line between free speech and hate speech is not always clear, but must be regulated. Protection of the vulnerable and the preservation of a basic threshold for the respect of human dignity are some of the objectives of the new Digital Services Act that will come into force in the European Union in 2024.
Is Elon Musk paying $44 billion in cash to boost his ego, to make even more money or to promote free speech? While all of these might be true, the real reason is probably closer to the point made by Weber – it is the human impulse to acquisition. And given the huge levels of inequality in the world, the mindboggling amount, larger than the GDP of many countries, makes the Twitter example extreme.