How will Twitter change now that it has agreed to be bought by Elon Musk?
The Tesla and SpaceX mogul, who has 85 million Twitter followers of his own, gave some hints on Monday after news broke that"Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square," MuskMusk, 50, indicated that he plans to make some changes after taking the company from public to private. The deal, which was agreed to by Twitter's board of directors, still has to be approved by federal regulators, which could take months.
Musk said in his statement that he plans to add"new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots and authenticating all humans."Other possible ideas are charging users a small subscription fee and adding an edit button for tweets. Some critics worry how Musk, who has faced backlash over controversial and offensive tweets, will handle Twitter's issues with misinformation and toxic content.tweeted"We should be worried about any powerful central actor, whether it’s a government or any wealthy individual — even if it’s an ACLU member — having so much control over the boundaries of our political speech online," ACLU executive director Anthony D.
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