I think we should let the dogs bark before suggesting anything political from Musk. One thing I'd like to believe in is that Musk grew up in South Africa and Canada.and, as such, has a very different understanding than Americans have of what freedom and speech mean in a pluralistic society.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-brags-that-elon-musk-called-him-to-talk-about-twitters-future
Ted Cruz Brags That Elon Musk Called Him to Talk About Twitter’s Future
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) revealed Monday night that
he spoke with Twitter owner Elon Musk about the social media company’s plan for the future—calling their conversation part of the company’s “road map.”
At the same time, Cruz managed to lay out his standard menu of criticisms of Democrats, “big tech” and others who had allegedly committed some sort of “collusion.”
Appearing on
Hannity, the Texas Republican was asked to give context to
a letter he sent earlier in the day to Twitter, as well as Meta, Google and TikTok, announcing the investigation into these platforms’ content recommendation systems.
“I launched a full investigation into ‘big tech’ censorship, where we are going to take the ‘Twitter Files’...[and] what Elon Musk has made public and use that as a road map to go after…all of Big Tech that is trying to silence conservatives,” said Cruz, a ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee. “And we’re going to bring accountability, we’re going to bring transparency, and we’re going to shine a light and expose their collusion with Democrats in the deep state to try to silence conservatives.”
Despite Cruz’s vow, House hearings on the matter have thus far been underwhelming for those seeking to prove “censorship” of conservative voices, with
former Twitter officials testifying last week that Republicans and Donald Trump himself petitioned the company to remove undesirable tweets.
Although Musk’s “Twitter Files” instead focused on communications to Twitter by Democrats and government agencies, Hannity insisted Monday that the files really did expose how “corrupt” things were at the company before Musk purchased it last fall.
Cruz then praised the buy as a “big damn deal.” He claimed it shows that Musk, who has
lashed out against the “leftist agenda,”
pushed voters toward the GOP, and
temporarily banned reporters who cover him critically, is committed to free speech.
“Last week I spent over a half hour on the phone with Elon talking to him about what he is finding at Twitter and using that as a road map,” Cruz said. “And I have to tell you that the folks at Google and YouTube and Facebook and Tik Tok — they are losing their minds because a member of the club wasn’t supposed to admit it,” he added, referring to alleged “collusion.”
Hannity asked the senator if he would perhaps place "Twitter in a different category now" — apart from the other social media companies — since that Musk has taken over and attempted to "clean it up."
Cruz responded "absolutely," suggesting Musk's buying Twitter is "a game changer" by "exposing the corruption and collusion with Democrats in Congress; the collusion with the Biden White House; the collusion with the deep state, FBI, CIA and the DOJ."
who could've seen this coming?
Disagree completely. Musk's shown his politics, has seen the value of moving the mob, has backed his DeSantian horse and more than likely will engineer the platform to sway elections that favor his interests. There's the value in he platform, putting in power a party that cuts taxes and subsidizes industries/companies they favor
