He was supposed to protect free speech for right-leaning people, and free hate speech for left-leaning people, but he won't. Elon Musk's resignation from the Twitter deal has caused a split in American politics. Donald Trump wrote on the homonym social media network that "the Twitter deal is dead. Long live Truth." This was a translation from "truth" and the former Republican President's digital voice after his expulsion from Twitter.
However, some left-leaning people were alarmed by the possibility of Twitter being taken over by an extravagant entrepreneur with libertarian tendencies. We celebrate today the success of the project, but remain cautious about the future. .
It's "a welcome refuge for women, people with color, and members of LGBTQ community", said UltraViolet. UltraViolet feared that SpaceX boss Tesla would "unleash hatred" via a Twitter. Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate and progressive economist, mocked Elon Musk for his "uncontrolled impulsiveness" and compared him to Boris Johnson, the resigned British Prime Minster.
Elon Musk has been taking a variety of positions over the past weeks that have cast doubt on his true desire to complete the 44 billion dollar agreement he signed on April 25, 2015. On Friday, Musk announced his withdrawal. This opened the door to a lengthy legal battle over the case's outcome.
Nicole Gill, executive director at Accountable Tech, said that this saga shows "our information ecosystem and its security, as well as democracy, cannot remain at the whims of unaccountable millionaires." The association which advocates for large digital companies to be held accountable launched an initiative in June with other organizations to stop the operation. UltraViolet stated that they had "showed Elon Musk by purchasing Twitter that he only wanted to defend his right wing ideology".
It is a disappointment indeed that seems to have affected Trump camp. Trump himself has seen his account, along with YouTube and Facebook, suspended in January 2021. These platforms accuse Trump of inciting his supporters to violence prior to the attack on the Capitol.
Another critic on Twitter says that the removal of the billionaire is not surprising, but'musk must be credited with exposing yet another incurable and rotten culture political discrimination' within company, wrote Jason Miller. Miller was a former advisor to Donald Trump, founder of Gettr.
