{"id":1433596,"date":"2022-04-12T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433596"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:29:38","slug":"former-clinton-official-elon-musks-vision-for-the-internet-is-dangerous-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-clinton-official-elon-musks-vision-for-the-internet-is-dangerous-nonsense\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Clinton Official: \u2018Elon Musk\u2019s Vision For The Internet Is Dangerous Nonsense\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fformer-clinton-official-elon-musks-vision-for-the-internet-is-dangerous-nonsense%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=1433596&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-462964303.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Robert Reich \u2014 a Berkeley professor who formerly served as secretary of labor under the Clinton administration \u2014 argued on Tuesday that Elon Musk\u2019s vision for Twitter is \u201cdangerous nonsense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/shop\/products\/elon-musk-tweet-t-shirt\"><span>Elon Musk<\/span><\/a><span> recently became Twitter\u2019s largest shareholder following the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-becomes-twitters-largest-shareholder-after-shakeup-tease\"><span>purchase<\/span><\/a><span> of a 9.2% stake in the social media firm. He has promised to \u201cmake significant improvements to Twitter\u201d and has polled his followers on whether or not Twitter \u201crigorously adheres\u201d to the principles of free speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an opinion piece for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/apr\/12\/elon-musk-internet-twitter\"><span>The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span>, however, Reich asserted that Musk\u2019s takeover is \u201cjust about power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYears ago, pundits assumed the internet would open a new era of democracy, giving everyone access to the truth. But dictators like Putin and demagogues like Trump have demonstrated how naive that assumption was,\u201d he began, calling Trump\u2019s removal from all major social media platforms a \u201cnecessary to protect American democracy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reich then slammed Musk for telling his 80 million followers \u201creckless things\u201d \u2014 such as the notion that children are \u201cessentially immune\u201d from COVID-19 and his favorite cryptocurrencies \u2014 and blocking him on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMusk advocates free speech but in reality it\u2019s just about power,\u201d Reich said. \u201cPower compelled Musk to buy $2.64bn of Twitter stock, making him the largest individual shareholder\u2026 What \u2018improvements\u2019 does Musk have in mind for Twitter? Will he use his clout over Twitter to prevent users with tens of millions of followers from blocking people who criticize them? I doubt it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Circling back to President Donald Trump, Reich bemoaned: \u201cWill Musk use his clout to let Trump back on? I fear he will.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Again listing Musk\u2019s various controversies spurred by the use of his Twitter account \u2014 including his toying with the idea of taking Tesla private and his run-ins with journalists \u2014 Reich argued that Musk\u2019s vision for an \u201cuncontrolled\u201d internet would lead to an increase in Musk\u2019s own power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMusk says he wants to \u2018free\u2019 the internet. But what he really aims to do is make it even less accountable than it is now, when it\u2019s often impossible to discover who is making the decisions about how algorithms are designed, who is filling social media with lies, who\u2019s poisoning our minds with pseudo-science and propaganda, and who\u2019s deciding which versions of events go viral and which stay under wraps,\u201d Reich said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn Musk\u2019s vision of Twitter and the internet, he\u2019d be the wizard behind the curtain \u2014 projecting on the world\u2019s screen a fake image of a brave new world empowering everyone,\u201d Reich continued. \u201cIn reality, that world would be dominated by the richest and most powerful people in the world, who wouldn\u2019t be accountable to anyone for facts, truth, science or the common good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat\u2019s Musk\u2019s dream. And Trump\u2019s. And Putin\u2019s,\u201d Reich concluded. \u201cAnd the dream of every dictator, strongman, demagogue and modern-day robber baron on Earth. For the rest of us, it would be a brave new nightmare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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