Elon Musk, Twitter, and free speech
Elon Musk wants to put his free speech absolutism to the test on Twitter. What will that look like in practice when all the rules and content moderation are removed?
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Elon Musk wants to put his free speech absolutism to the test on Twitter. What will that look like in practice when all the rules and content moderation are removed?
So excited today. >> carley: full circle with the band. cheryl casone, congratulations. twitter employees speaking out about elon musk's takeover and showing how outraged they are by tweeting about it. mecklenburg is former ceo and president of convention of states. mark, good morning, before we get to the outrage and there is so much, your reaction on elon musk buying twitter, how do you feel about it? >> mark: i feel fantastic, it is necessary strength for free speech and he's one guy who might have potential to fix twitter. >> carley: not everybody feels that way, including people inside tw...
Number. we will stand up for those kids, too. >> todd: we will be watching, thank you for your time and insight. >> thank you. >> todd: elon musk used to be a liberal darling because of the green car company, but media turned on him for trying to restore free speech on twitter. >> elon musk calls himself a free speech, that is bs, it is about free speech of straight white men. >> carley: joe concha coming up next. ♪ (music) who said you have to starve yourself to lose weight? who said you can't do dinner? who said only this is good? and this is bad? i'm doing it my way. meet plenity. an fda ...
Twitter employees search for answers as Musk takeover becomes reality
Musk's offer values the company at $43 billion and would take it private, catapulting Musk into leadership. Learn more at Boston.com.