Elon Musk What to do with Twitter? Potential owner tweets his plans for the site
Elon Musk is reportedly close to a deal to buy Twitter after the social media site’s board agreed to a $ 44 billion offer earlier this week.
The shock bid came less than two weeks ago, and more than a month later it was first revealed that Musk was the second-largest Twitter shareholder. Throughout this time, the CEO of Tesla has continued his frequent Twitter postings, which could upset the company’s managers.
Let’s make Twitter maximum fun!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
However it has also given some insight into his ideas to change the site, a number of which came in a series of tweets on Wednesday
Twitter must be ‘politically neutral’
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Twitter was one of the first major social networking sites to impose restrictions on the account of former President Donald Trump in response to false information.
However, this is the antithesis of Musk’s intentions for the site and he has claimed that Twitter must stay “politically neutral” or risk alienating the public.
For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2022
Censorship is probably the most controversial issue on Twitter at the moment and it seems to be the focal point of Mask’s ambitions with the site. A staunch believer in online freedom, the 50-year-old is extremely reluctant to control freedom of speech on this platform.
He also responded to his own post about a surge in interest for Donald Trump’s Truth social app, saying the platform only exists “because Twitter has censored free speech.”
Musk wants encryption on Twitter DMs
Twitter’s use as a direct messaging resource is rarely considered, but with hundreds of millions of daily users, its DM service is one of the largest of its kind. But, as it stands, the DM function is fairly basic and offers few of the features you can get from innumerable free apps.
Musk may look to bridge the gap and bolster Twitter’s messaging service, perhaps by adding end-to-end encryption for the first time. Online privacy is a key matter for Musk and he cites the popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal as an example.
Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
What else did Elon Musk say about Twitter?
As is often the case when Elon Musk takes to Twitter, it was as much about pleasure as business. And there are few things that bring as much pleasure to the billionaire as some chaotic social media posting.
Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
Alongside the Joe Rogan memes, Musk said on Wednesday that he was “buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in,” in reference to the fact that an extract of the coca leaf was included in early recipes for the beverage. Perhaps he intends to return Twitter to its earlier, non-regulated, days.
