{"id":1431199,"date":"2022-04-11T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431199"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:30:09","slug":"elon-musk-hints-he-was-told-to-play-nice-and-not-speak-freely-by-twitter-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-hints-he-was-told-to-play-nice-and-not-speak-freely-by-twitter-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Hints He Was Told to \u201cPlay Nice and Not Speak Freely\u201d by Twitter Board"},"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\">32<\/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-hints-he-was-told-to-play-nice-and-not-speak-freely-by-twitter-board%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=1431199&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 class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Apr 11, 2022 1:07 PM<br \/>\n                                EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                            &#8220;Elon was told to play nice and not speak freely,&#8221; the tweet, liked by Musk, says.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-ceo-announces-elon-musk-decided-not-to-join-tech-giants-board\">Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk<\/a> liked a tweet that speculatively outlines his vision for Twitter, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-ceo-announces-elon-musk-decided-not-to-join-tech-giants-board\">announcement<\/a> yesterday by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal that the billionaire Musk, who recently became the largest shareholder at the tech giant, would not be joining the board of directors despite the board&#8217;s invitation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The tweet, by TankTDS, says that Elon became the largest shareholder for &#8220;Free Speech.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Elon was told to play nice and not speak freely,&#8221; the tweet, liked by Musk, says.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let me break this down for you:<\/p>\n<p>Elon became largest shareholder for Free Speech<\/p>\n<p>Elon was told to play nice and not speak freely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Twitter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElonMusk?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElonMusk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tank (@TankTDS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankTDS\/status\/1513422244541870084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-10.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Musk declined the offer, as he would have been constrained to just 14.9 percent stock had he accepted, and would only have 1\/12 of a vote at board meetings, joining the other 11 members on the board.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Elon took Twitter board seat, he\u2019s limited to owning under 15% of the stock and also would be caged via fiduciary duties. <\/p>\n<p>By declining a board seat, he\u2019s either over Twitter already or he plans to go much bigger. <\/p>\n<p>The line about \u201cdistractions\u201d here suggests the latter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uNqubNH9rL\">pic.twitter.com\/uNqubNH9rL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1513365119660527617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Musk&#8217;s purchase of Twitter stock has been cheered by free speech absolutists, though it ruffled the feathers of establishment media, such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/04\/08\/musk-twitter-equity-discrimination-speech\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>, <\/em>who wrote that Musk&#8217;s vision of free speech would be &#8220;bad for Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Musk has been open about his preference that Twitter do less to restrict speech that many see as hateful, abusive or dangerous. Given his new influence, the way he himself has used the platform bodes ill for its future,&#8221; Ellen K. Pao wrote for the outlet. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Pro-Musk voices such as Bill Maher, however, say that the Tesla CEO will &#8220;fix Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We live in a different age where Twitter is the public square now,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10702699\/Bill-Maher-cheers-Elon-Musk-joining-Twitter-wants-fix-social-media.html\">Maher said<\/a> on his show <em>Real Time<\/em>. &#8220;If you deny someone&#8217;s right to speak on Twitter, you&#8217;re basically saying you don&#8217;t have free speech rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s what Elon Musk wants to fix at Twitter,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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