Elon Musk Is Running Twitter on His Impulses

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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When Elon Musk bought Twitter he promised to run the platform with fairness and transparency. But, Wall Street Journal reporting shows that, nearly a year into his ownership Musk is making a lot of choices based on impulses and the requests of friends. WSJ reporter Georgia Wells joins host Zoe Thomas to explain what that means for the platform and its future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Salesforce, we're all about asking more of AI.
0:03.5	Questions like, where is the data going?
0:05.8	Is it private?
0:06.8	Is it secure?
0:07.8	Is it ready to use now?
0:09.8	How about now?
0:10.8	And if not now, when?
0:13.0	And how?
0:14.5	Get answers you can trust from Salesforce at AskMoreOfAi.com.
0:24.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:26.0	It's Friday, September 8.
0:28.0	I'm Zoe Thomas for The Wall Street Journal.
0:32.0	After Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion last October,
0:37.5	he promised users fairness and transparency.
0:41.5	But instead, our reporting shows the platform,
0:45.0	designed to be the world's public square,
0:47.5	is being driven in large part by musts impulses.
0:52.0	Reporter Georgia Wells is going to join us
0:54.0	to discuss the controversial reinstatements,
0:57.0	the favors for friends, and the content policies that Musk has added.
1:08.5	First, though, as we told you yesterday,
1:11.0	Apple is having trouble in China.
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