Informed sources in the social networking company Twitter said in exclusive statements to Archyde.com news agency that the news of Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking a seat on the board of Twitter company TWTR.N has caused some Twitter employees to panic regarding the company’s future and ability to manage content.
Within hours of the sudden revelation this week that Musk, a self-described “free speech guru”, had acquired enough shares to become the largest shareholder in the Twitter platform, political conservatives began flooding social media with calls to lift the ban on tweets. Former US President Donald Trump. Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter following the January 6 riots at the Capitol over fears of inciting violence.
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Republican Congressman Lauren Poubert tweeted, “Now that Elon Musk is the largest contributor to Twitter, maybe it’s time to lift political censorship. Oh…Back Trump!”
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Despite Twitter’s assertion this week that the board does not make political decisions, four employees of the social media platform, who spoke with Archyde.com, said they were concerned regarding Musk’s ability to influence the company’s policies on abusive users and harmful content.
With Musk on the board, employees said his views on moderation might erode years of efforts to make Twitter a place for healthy speech, possibly allowing phishing and mob attacks to thrive.
In the wake of Trump’s ban on Facebook and Twitter, billionaire American Musk had tweeted that many people would not be happy that US tech companies act as “the de facto arbiter of free speech”.
