Twitter needs to be politically neutral to regain public trust, says Elon Musk
Twitter needs to be politically neutral to regain public trust, says Elon Musk Twitter owner Elon Musk has said that the platform "needs to be politically neutral’ in order to regain ‘public trust’ and effectively this means “upsetting the far right and the far left equally.” Elon Musk Newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk has said that the platform “needs to be politically neutral’ in order to regain ‘public trust’ and effectively this means “upsetting the far right and the far left equally.” It should be noted that both sides of the political spectrum have long accused the platform of practising arbitrary rules when it comes to content moderation. In the US, however, Republicans in particular insist that platforms such as Twitter, Facebook are more pro-left, and block pro-right content. Musk is hinting that he wants the platform to play somewhere in middle. The SpaceX owner wrote that since he acquired the platform, “attacks are coming thick and fast, primarily...