Let’s See What the Politicians Think of Elon’s Twitter Takeover

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter buy yesterday has despatched shockwaves all through the world, with questions nonetheless lingering over how Musk would possibly twist the social media platform and firm in his picture.

Though Musk is extra consistent with an “utopian anarchist” (re: libertarian) philosophy, he has beforehand each caught flak and gained help from politicians on each side of the aisle for varied statements and tasks. However, his $44 billion buy of Twitter has many Republicans rallying and Democrats grinding their enamel over the thought of Musk selling “free speech” on the platform. The Tesla CEO has referred to as the platform “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”

Many proper wing figureheads and politicos have beforehand complained of silencing, suspensions, and bans for breaking Twitter’s phrases of service over hate speech and misinformation. More than that, lively conspiracy theorists are celebrating the purchase, hoping they could be reinstated onto the platform.

But whereas the few Democrats to talk publicly in regards to the buy have centered on fears of extra misinformation being unfold on the platform, Republicans who’ve beforehand run afoul of Twitter’s (moderately lax) guidelines about misinformation and hate speech had been leaping up and down at the considered with the ability to put up no matter they need with out being hamstrung by any personal censors.