Attending Ted2022, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX talked about his recent offer worth 43 billion dollars to acquire 100% of Twitter, a social network of which Musk is already the main shareholder having recently bought 9.1% of the company . “I have enough resources – said Musk in response to a provocative question about the funds necessary for the acquisition – if it is possible, I can afford it”.
In short, Musk says he can do it, but the operation also depends on what the Twitter board intends to do. What if he doesn’t accept? “I have a Plan B” said the entrepreneur, without revealing what it is.
“I would like Twitter to become an inclusive arena in which free speech is guaranteed,” said Musk. “Something tells me that having a public platform that is reliable and widely inclusive is extremely important for the future of our civilization. The risks involved. civilization will diminish as we succeed in increasing trust in Twitter as a public platform. Twitter today is, in fact, a town square (intended as a generic public space, ed.) “.
To explain the free speech he has in mind, Elon Musk gives an example: “If someone you don’t like can say something you don’t like, then it means there is free speech.”
For this Musk also said that one of his main objectives, if he manages to acquire Twitter, would be to get rid of the “armies” linked to spam and scams that rage on the social network. “If only I had a crypto dollar for every scam I’ve seen related to cryptocurrencies …” he smiled the businessman.
A cryptocurrency Musk even named it. This is the one that occurs most frequently on her Twitter profile: the Dogecoin whose symbol is a Shiba Inu dog. “I think Dogecoin is fun – said Musk – I like dogs and I like internet memes, and this cryptocurrency has them both.”
Returning to Twitter, Musk said that people, to the extent permitted by law, must be free to say what they want. Musk also would like the social network’s algorithm to be open source and for any manual changes to be recorded. In addition, the entrepreneur is back on the edit button, the function that he hopes will appear in the future on Twitter: it would allow users to edit the tweets already published, an action that is currently impossible.
(article being updated)