Twitter's Problem No Solution

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“Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep,” Russian-British theorist, philosopher, and historian. Isaiah Berlin

This intellectual history looks at the early Cold War as decisive for casting the conflict between Russia and the United States as a struggle between democracy and totalitarianism. https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-sz-001&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=…

“This point is too often ignored. Government — or large centralized authority — is one threat to liberty but not the only one.” Plutocratic control of speech is another.

Musk says: I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter because that is what free speech means. Twitter has work to do to ensure that it stops amplifying bigotry, or calls to violence,

What Elon Musk Really Believes as He Buys Twitter https://time.com/6170696/elon-musk-politics-twitter/

Twitter has accepted Elon Musk's offer to purchase the company for $44 billion. CNN's John Avlon examines some steps Musk could take to fix the tribal polarization on the platform. https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/04/26/reality-check-elon-musk-…

Advertisers could be reluctant to spend on Twitter if Elon Musk pushes ahead with plans to promote unfettered speech on the social media platform, analysts said, after the world's richest person bought the company for $44 billion https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-pitch-free-speech-may-turn-twi…

Elon Musk Is a Problem Masquerading as a Solution https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/opinion/elon-musk-twitter.html

Musk’s ‘free speech’ push for Twitter: Repeating history?  https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-elon-musk-facebook-fc259…

Would Elon Musk move Twitter from California to Texas, like Tesla? Here's why he could. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/04/26/twitter-move-austin-texa…

Tesla Stock Plunge Wipes Out $114 Billion In Value As Twitter Deal Sparks Fears https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/04/26/tesla-stock-pl…