After banning President Trump from Twitter, the organization said to be undergoing a reorganization.
The majority of people believe that Twitter goes too far and even violates the First Amendment by restricting freedom of speech. I’m not sure whether they have the right to do what they’re doing, even if it’s not the best thing to do, because they’re a private company, and as such, I feel they should be able to reject service to anyone, just as a restaurant would refuse service to a rowdy client.
However, Twitter’s bans are frequently skewed and applied in a way that only impacts one side of the debate.
I think there are a number of people at fault for all of these problems ranging from the people themselves, to the government, and Twitter as well. Even former CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that he feels partially to blame for all of this.
“The days of usenet, irc, the web…even email (w PGP)…were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet. I realize I’m partially to blame, and regret it,” Dorsey said in his tweet.
the days of usenet, irc, the web…even email (w PGP)…were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet.
I realize I'm partially to blame, and regret it.
— jack⚡️ (@jack) April 2, 2022
Well, there is one man out there who seems to have his mind set on making things better for Twitter users out there and that man is Elon Musk.
Musk recently asked his Twitter followers a few questions:
Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.
Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2022
Is a new platform needed?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 26, 2022
Someone even asked him about whether or not he would consider building a new platform.
Am giving serious thought to this
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 27, 2022
After he had asked them the poll question on whether or not they believed Twitter holds to free speech on their platform, he followed it up with, “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.”
The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2022
Well, he wasn’t joking as he is not the majority shareholder in the company with a 9.2% stake worth approximately $2.89 billion. So, it definitely looks like Elon has some plans to do something about the problems with Twitter and the way the platform operates. To put this into perspective, he now owns about 4 times more shares than even Jack Dorsey himself.