{"id":18898,"date":"2022-03-26T22:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T22:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=18898"},"modified":"2022-03-26T22:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T22:34:24","slug":"elon-musk-hint-of-launching-his-own-social-media-platfor-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/03\/26\/elon-musk-hint-of-launching-his-own-social-media-platfor-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk hint of launching his own Social Media Platfor m"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla\u00a0CEO\u00a0Elon Musk\u00a0polled\u00a0Twitter\u00a0on Saturday, asking whether a new social media platform should be created to challenge Twitter and sparking speculation that the billionaire might be the one to do so.<\/p>\n

In a series of tweets on Friday, the Space X founder asked if the time has come for a new platform to replace Twitter, and whether users thought the company ‘adhered to free speech principles.’<\/p>\n

He said that, because Twitter serves as ‘the de factor public town square,’ a failure to promote free speech on the app would undermine democracy.<\/p>\n

In a reply to his own thread on Saturday, which sparked speculation, Musk wrote: ‘Is a new platform needed?’<\/p>\n

‘Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy,’ he had written the day before, on Friday. ‘Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?’<\/p>\n

Just over 70 percent of over 2 million respondents said ‘no’ to Musk’s Twitter poll.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up Tweet, the tech mogul wrote that ‘the consequences of this poll will be important,’ and he had urged respondents to ‘please vote carefully.’<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk (pictured right) has long been a vocal advocate for free speech, calling himself a ‘free speech absolutist.’ He launched speculation that he would launch a new social media app after asking his followers whether Twitter ‘adhered to free speech principles’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He also asked his 80 million followers on Friday whether Twitter’s algorithm should be open-source, which would provide information about how the micro-blogging app chooses what to show to users in their feeds.<\/p>\n

Three-fourths of respondents said it should.<\/p>\n

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was quick to respond to this jab, Tweeting that ‘the choice of which algorithm to use (or not) should be open to everyone.’<\/p>\n

Musk responded directly to a follower who said that Twitter doesn’t fairly present both sides of the political debate.<\/p>\n

‘If you\u2019re a leftist making death threats against conservatives. or organizing riots, Twitter respects your freedom of speech,’ wrote @Cernovich. ‘Twitter also respects the freedom of speech for media hoaxes like when every major outlet framed an innocent Covington high school kid.’<\/p>\n

‘Doesn\u2019t sound very balanced,’ Musk responded.<\/p>\n

He also responded to a user suggesting that Musk use a dogecoin as the new platform’s logo, indicating that he liked the idea.<\/p>\n

Previously, the CEO of India-based social media platform Koo, Aprameya Radhakrishnan, invited Musk to join the platform, attempting to entice Tesla founder with a description of its decentralized approach.<\/p>\n

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Musk has long been a vocal advocate for free speech, calling himself a ‘free speech absolutist.’ Earlier this month, he tweeted that Starlink was approached to block Russian news sources, but that the internet provider would not do so.<\/p>\n

He has repeatedly called out mainstream media companies for muzzling users with certain viewpoints and presenting polarizing information.<\/p>\n

Musk’s poll elicited a mixed response. While most respondents were in agreement that Twitter did not do enough to protect free speech, some users pointed out that, as a private company, Twitter has the right to manage content as it sees fit.<\/p>\n

‘Stop dude,’ wrote @JashSmash. ‘Twitter isn’t the government. The First Amendment only applies to the government.’<\/p>\n

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Podcast host Eric Weinstein wrote that Musk was touching on ‘an analytic problem of a particular kind’ that has been prevented in every previous attempt from working by several challenges rather than ‘lack of desire.’<\/p>\n

‘We need to invent something that fills this space that hasn’t existed… yet,’ Weinstein wrote.<\/p>\n

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, responded that we don’t need a new platform – new protocols are needed.<\/p>\n

‘To hell with platforms! We need a protocol so lots of companies can make clients for it without becoming our new overlord,’ he tweeted.<\/p>\n

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