Muskportrayed himselfas a free speech martyr for not banning @ElonJet, a Twitter bot that used publicly available flight records to track the tech billionaire’s private plane. “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the...
Twitter owner Elon Musk has relinquished the title of CEO, but he is seemingly still the platform’s chief arbiter of rules and content moderation. That much was clear shortly after midnight on Wednesday, when Musk—a supposed “free speech absolutist”—declared in a post that the “words ...
Teslaco-founder and CEOElon Muskwondered aloud onTwitterwhether another platform is needed, causing his millions of followers to call for him to buy the social media giant. "Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally un...
I suspect Musk will bring someone in to run Twitter, says The NYT's Swisher Musk has characterized himself as a First Amendment and free speech advocate for years, for example, in defending himself in a defamation lawsuit after calling a critic a "pedo guy" (Musk won), and to argue that...
Elon Musk’s $44bn education on free speech He has had a crash course in the trade-offs in protecting free expression 他在保护言论自由的权衡方面有一个速成课程 Elon musk’s two months running Twitter has been an unhappy experiment. The social network’s 250m users have endured a wearying ...
Elon Musk is facing allegations of being complicit with state censorship after Twitter appeared to take sides with India's government in a turbulent free speech fight over a documentary critical of the country's prime minister. The fight revolves around a new documentary from the BBC that ...
Musk now controls nearly 73.5 million shares of the company, making him the largest shareholder, and individual stocks were priced at $49.81 on Monday morning. Musk's purchase comes roughly a week after the billionaire criticized Twitter for a lack of commitment to free spee...
"Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated," said Mr. Musk. "I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open so...
d like to be able to edit their tweets after posting them. Twitter’s new CEO Parag Agrawal subsequentlyquote-tweeted Musk’s pollto say that “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” The phrasingmirrors a similar tweet from Muskabout free speech on March ...
In the months before Elon Musk took over Twitter, he declared himself a free speech absolutist. He elucidated his point on that same platform. “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,” he twe...