The Billionaire is now a step closer to achieving his goal of creating a space of free and open speech
44 billion dollars. Yeah, that's a lot of money. And that's how much money Billionaire Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. The deal is looking to be finalized this year, and with this deal Musk is getting closer to achieving his goal of creating and providing a space of open free speech.
Twitter has been one of the largest social media sites for a while now and the space is known to have "wild", "opinionated" spaces on the app. People share their thoughts feelings and emotions everyday, but Musk has noticed that this space of free speech isn't really free. Certain individuals such as Donald Trump, Mike Lindell, and others have had their twitter accounts banned from the app for posting things that were misleading, hurtful, and wasn't liked by a majority of the community.
Now in all forms of speaking and free speech, you can say what ever you want as given to you by your 1st Amendment right, and based off the context of the speech whether it be misleading, hurtful, negative, or just down right bad, the post should be flagged and layered with a warning for consumers on the app to see.
During a TED interview Musk expanded on some of his plans for the app in the future saying, " “Well, I think it’s very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech,” Musk said. “Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it’s just really important that people have both the reality and the perception that they are able to speak freely within the bounds of the law.”
Musk also said he thought Twitter should be “very cautious with permanent bans,” adding that he thought timeouts were better and went on to say"...I think we would want to err on the, if in doubt, let the speech, let it exist. But if it’s a gray area, I would say let the tweet exist,” he said. “But obviously in a case where there’s perhaps a lot of controversy, you’re not necessarily going to promote that tweet. I’m not saying I have all the answers here.”
Is it a possibility that we'll move into a space in social media where the words of someone or a group won't be blocked out for the masses to see? Whether those words be hurtful or negative in anyway? It feels like it will be up to the viewer to know and have possibly emotional maturity not to lash out on something said from a person that isn't liked.
Musk plans on taking the company private.
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