{"id":1729085,"date":"2022-11-08T06:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1729085"},"modified":"2022-11-08T06:47:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:47:53","slug":"trump-group-ceo-backs-musks-twitter-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-group-ceo-backs-musks-twitter-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Group CEO Backs Musk\u2019s Twitter Takeover"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftrump-group-ceo-backs-musks-twitter-takeover%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=1729085&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--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-devin-nunes\">Devin Nunes<\/a>, the CEO of Trump Media &#038; Technology Group (TMTG), has expressed support for billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter while highlighting the need to protect freedom of speech on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-truth-social\">Truth Social<\/a> (a social media platform founded by Donald Trump), both [former] President [Donald] Trump and myself were very supportive of it, because our mission and goal here is to reopen the internet,\u201d Nunes said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/newsmakers-full-broadcast-nov-2_866459.html\">interview<\/a> with NTD\u2019s \u201cNewsmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo whether that is I think, as President Trump said, one billionaire owning Twitter is probably better than all the insane lunatics that were running Twitter as of until a few days ago. And I think that\u2019s kind of where this stands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Nunes, a member of the Republican Party, was asked about ongoing leftist narratives that free speech is somehow dangerous, and that it threatens the safety of democracy and public officials.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes pointed out that such arguments are \u201cvery common\u201d throughout history. When dictatorships emerge, they tend to take control over news media and intelligence agencies while pushing out propaganda, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The TMTG CEO was also asked about leaked documents showing that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) monitored Twitter and other social media platforms after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes said that while he was heading the House Intelligence Committee from 2015 to 2019, \u201cthere was always\u201d the rule that powers of the state were to be only used for military and overseas purposes to track down bad actors like terrorists and cyber criminals. Such powers were not to be turned against \u201cour own citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Republicans are to gain control in the next Congress, they\u2019re going to have to get to the bottom of what the hell happened here, because this is not something that should have been done.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Protecting Free Speech<\/h2>\n<p>During the program, concerns were raised about the DHS allegedly using misinformation and disinformation claims to influence content being posted on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>While misinformation refers to misleading information that is shared without an intent to deceive, disinformation carries malicious intent.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes said that at Truth Social, they are looking to create a family-friendly atmosphere without any illegal activity on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>However, they draw the line when it comes to expressing religious or political beliefs. The TMTG CEO affirmed that the platform will not censor anyone or ban their accounts for their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Such a stance is something that has \u201cdegraded over the past year-and-a-half at a very rapid pace\u201d on social media, he said. Nunes pointed to the Hunter Biden laptop scandal as the starting point of this degradation when \u201cBig Tech companies went full crash course into the censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an Oct. 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-finally-buys-twitter-fires-chief-executives_4823690.html\">message<\/a> on Twitter, Musk said that the reason why he acquired the platform is to ensure that human civilization has a \u201ccommon digital town square\u201d where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.<\/p>\n<p>He raised concerns about social media splintering into far-left wing and far-right wing echo chambers that will generate more division and hate within society. In a Nov. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588538640401018880\">post<\/a>, Musk blamed activist groups for attempting to curtail free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists. Extremely messed up! They\u2019re trying to destroy free speech in America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-joshua-philipp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18\/Josh_AvatarNew.png\" alt=\"Joshua Philipp\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joshua Philipp is an award-winning investigative reporter with The Epoch Times and host of EpochTV&#8217;s &#8220;Crossroads&#8221; program. He is a recognized expert on unrestricted warfare, asymmetrical hybrid warfare, subversion, and historical perspectives on today\u2019s issues. His 10-plus years of research and investigations on the Chinese Communist Party, subversion, and related topics give him unique insight into the global threat and political landscape.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-tiffany-meier\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tiffany-author-.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany Meier\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tiffany Meier is a New York-based reporter and host of NTD&#8217;s &#8220;China in Focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-naveen-athrappully\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/NaveenAthrappully.jpg\" alt=\"Naveen Athrappully\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media &#038; Technology Group (TMTG), has expressed support for billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter while highlighting the need to protect freedom of speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1729085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}