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🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:09.8 | It won't have escaped your attention that Elon Musk, |
0:12.2 | the tech billionaire and the world's richest man, |
0:14.9 | has bought Twitter for $44 billion, |
0:17.9 | with the apparent aim of unlocking the full potential |
0:20.8 | of the social media platform. |
0:22.7 | He views it as the public square, |
0:24.9 | a place where political leaders and their voters debate. |
0:28.7 | The big and small issues of the day. |
0:31.4 | Now, that view may or may not be reflected |
0:34.5 | in your social media usage, |
0:36.6 | or how you think about those sorts of platforms. |
0:39.2 | But if you're on it or not, |
0:41.3 | Twitter is a place that impacts and can shape debate. |
0:45.0 | And yet abuse and threats can be a part of the experience |
0:48.0 | across social media platforms, |
0:50.0 | especially if you are a woman. |
0:52.3 | Mr. Musk has promised changes. |
0:54.4 | We don't quite know any of the details of those yet, |
0:56.5 | even the Twitter CEO has been saying he's not sure. |
1:00.1 | But how do you use your voice on social media? |
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