{"id":1402372,"date":"2022-03-27T06:44:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T10:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402372"},"modified":"2022-03-27T06:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T10:45:08","slug":"elon-musk-teases-interest-in-buying-twitter-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-teases-interest-in-buying-twitter-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Teases Interest in Buying Twitter Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-teases-interest-in-buying-twitter-alternative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Telsa and SpaceX boss Elon Musk confirmed on Saturday night that he is &#8220;giving serious thought&#8221; to building a free speech friendly alternative to Twitter. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Am giving serious thought to this<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507907130124222471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>On Friday, Musk polled his Twitter audience, asking whether or users of the platform believed that &#8220;Twitter rigorously adheres&#8221; to the principle that &#8220;free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Musk said that the &#8220;consequences of this poll will be important,&#8221; and to &#8220;Please vote carefully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507272763597373461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>After nearly 1.5 million votes, the answer was a resounding &#8220;no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>This was after Musk stated that Twitter&#8217;s algorithm should be open source, to which former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey replied that the choice of which algorithm to use should be a choice for users.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The choice of which algorithm to use (or not) should be open to everyone <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o2DkSTWW0O\">https:\/\/t.co\/o2DkSTWW0O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack?? (@jack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1507146276416098307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>In response to Musk&#8217;s poll, prominent Twitter users said he should launch a platform to rival Twitter, one that would embrace free speech.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make a new Twitter or buy this one. Whatever you decide, the system we&#8217;re currently forced to work with (as a result of circumstance &#8212; Twitter offers the largest platform for journalists and politicians, unlike other platforms) is an impediment to free expression and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1507275599894966273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Others simply asked if Musk was considering buying the platform.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You buying twitter? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O8cFaXBYaV\">pic.twitter.com\/O8cFaXBYaV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Great Martis (@great_martis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/great_martis\/status\/1507273419468918784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, Musk pushed speculation further by simply tweeting: &#8220;Is a new platform needed?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buy twitter<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1507778888516063234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Prior to Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, there had already been concerns about free speech on the platform. In the fall of 2020, in the lead-up to the US presidential election between Joe Biden and <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/trump-was-right-biden-lied-about-the-laptop-from-hell-and-america-is-paying-the-price\">President Donald Trump<\/a>, the platform notoriously suppressed reporting from the <em>New York Post<\/em> that provided evidence of Biden&#8217;s involvement with his son&#8217;s shady business dealings in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Twitter, and Dorsey, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/jack-dorsey-twitter-censorship-nypost-bombshell\">claimed that the information had been hacked<\/a>. Democrats and their acolytes in mainstream and corporate media claimed that the information found on Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop was the product of Russian disinformation. This came from US intelligence officials, who have now been <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/intelligence-officials-hunter-biden-laptop-refuse-to-apologize\">disgraced<\/a> after it became clear that they were wrong in their assessment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>The reporting was proven to be true, accurate, and neither the product of a hack nor Russian disinformation. Many Americans said they would not have voted for Biden had they known about the information on the laptop. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s suppression of the US free press had a direct impact on the US presidential election, and for this <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-ceo-admits-he-screwed-up-in-censoring-ny-post-biden-bombshell\">Dorsey later apologized<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>When he chose a successor to his position as CEO of Twitter, in the fall of 2021, that post went to <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/new-twitter-ceo-free-speech\">Parag Agrawal<\/a>. Agrawal has said of Twitter:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Our role,&#8221; Agrawal, &#8220;is not to be bound by the First Amendment, but our role is to serve a healthy public conversation and our moves are reflective of things that we believe lead to a healthier public conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Several platforms have tried to move in and release Twitter&#8217;s stranglehold on American social media platforms, notably <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/jason-miller-talks-to-the-post-millennial-about-gettrs-commitment-to-free-speech\">GETTR<\/a>, and Trump&#8217;s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/trumps-platform-launch-feb-21\">Truth Social<\/a>. Neither has managed to gain the user base or the impact that Twitter has over its time online.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telsa and SpaceX boss Elon Musk confirmed on Saturday night that he is &#8220;giving serious thought&#8221; to building a free speech friendly alternative to Twitter. 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