Elon Musk Suggests A New Platform Is Needed Amid Twitter Free Speech Concerns – OutKick

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk made waves on Twitter Saturday after questioning if a brand new social media platform is required.

Given that Twitter serves because the de facto public city sq., failing to stick to free speech ideas essentially undermines democracy.

What must be accomplished? https://t.co/aPS9ycji37

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 26, 2022

“Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,” Musk wrote. “What should be done?”

He adopted that up with one other tweet and requested, “Is a new platform needed?”

But somewhat than create a brand new platform to compete/be a substitute for Twitter, a few of Musk’s 79.2 million followers had one other suggestion: Musk can purchase Twitter.

Such an concept was floated by OutKick’s Clay Travis on Friday.

Hey @elonmusk will you please purchase @twitter, free @TheBabylonBee & return the true market of concepts to this web site? We want you to make it occur.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 25, 2022

“Hey @elonmusk will you please buy @twitter, free @TheBabylonBee & return the true marketplace of ideas to this site? We need you to make it happen,” Travis wrote.

The concept of Musk creating a brand new platform or outright shopping for Twitter would doubtless be a success amongst conservatives, who’ve argued that free speech is censored whereas utilizing the app. As Fox Business reviews, Twitter performed a job in suppressing the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop computer main as much as the 2020 Presidential Election. The report was formally authenticated by the New York Times this previous week.

Former President Donald Trump, who has been banned from Twitter for the reason that Jan. 6, 2021 breaching of the Capitol, has been a proponent of discovering a brand new platform and has already created his personal.

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) launched a substitute for Twitter, “Truth Social,” on Presidents Day, Feb. 21. Per TruthSocial.com, the app guarantees to encourage open, free and sincere conversations with out discriminating in opposition to political ideology.

“Truth Social” is at present obtainable on the Apple App Store.

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