Mr Musk was responding to a Twitter consumer’s query
Tesla Inc Chief Govt Officer Elon Musk is giving “severe thought” to constructing a brand new social media platform, the billionaire stated in a tweet on Saturday.
Mr Musk was responding to a Twitter consumer’s query on whether or not he would think about constructing a social media platform consisting of an open-source algorithm and one that will prioritize free speech, and the place propaganda was minimal.
Am giving severe thought to this
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 27, 2022
Elon Musk, a prolific consumer of Twitter himself, has been vital of the social media platform and its insurance policies of late. He has stated the corporate is undermining democracy by failing to stick to free speech ideas.
His tweet comes a day after he put out a Twitter ballot asking customers in the event that they believed Twitter adheres to the precept of free speech, to which over 70 per cent voted “no”.
“The results of this ballot shall be necessary. Please vote rigorously,” he stated on Friday.
The results of this ballot shall be necessary. Please vote rigorously.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2022
If Mr Musk decides to go forward with creating a brand new platform, he can be becoming a member of a rising portfolio of expertise firms which are positioning themselves as champions of free speech and which hope to attract customers who really feel their views are suppressed on platforms similar to Twitter, Meta Platform’s Fb and Alphabet-owned Google’s YouTube.
Not one of the firms, together with Donald Trump’s Fact Social, Twitter rivals Gettr and Parler and video web site Rumble, have come near matching the attain and recognition of the mainstream platforms thus far.
