Elon Musk
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said on Twitter this morning that he was seriously considering creating a new social networking site.
A Twitter user asked him, “Are you thinking of creating a new social networking site? A social networking site that prioritizes freedom of speech and adherence to it, a social networking site with less publicity, and more technology. I think such a social networking site is needed.”
Elon Musk, who is very popular on Twitter, has been harshly criticizing Twitter and its policies in recent times. He lamented that Twitter’s failure to uphold policies, including freedom of speech, had weakened democracy.
He also conducted a poll on Twitter to see if Twitter upholds freedom of speech. The consequences of this referendum are going to be significant. So, he had posted that vote carefully. Of those, 70 percent said they did not uphold freedom of speech.
People who think that social networking sites like Twitter, Meta’s Facebook, and Alphabet’s YouTube are stifling freedom of speech are likely to switch to Elon Musk if he creates a new social networking site. Numerous new social networking sites like this have sprung up in recent times.
However, it is noteworthy that these have not been able to become popular on par with major social networking sites.