Elon Musk Makes Moves on Twitter. What Comes Next?
The Daily Signal Podcast
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🗓️ 8 April 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired a 9.2% share of Twitter stock and joined the social media company’s board of directors. The internet buzzed with the possibility of a free speech advocate like Musk having an internal position with the tech giant.
But what does all of this really mean?
To Annie Butler, a research associate at the The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Technology Policy, Musk’s taking a more active role at Twitter is a step in the right direction toward encouraging free speech on the platform.
Butler joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the implications of Musk’s move, and how some popular tech companies focused on free speech are doing.
We also cover these stories:
- The Senate votes 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, with three Republicans joining the majority.
- A group of Senate Democrats announce they will join Republican colleagues to introduce a bill to block the Biden administration’s plan to end use of the public heath policy at the southern border known as Title 42.
- Congress passes two bills designed to punish Russia further for its invasion of Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, April 8th. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm Maggie Hontag. |
| 0:11.0 | And I'm Doug Blair. |
| 0:12.6 | Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently acquired a 9.2% share of Twitter stock and joined the company's |
| 0:18.6 | Board of Directors, the internet buzzed with the possibility of a free speech advocate |
| 0:22.9 | like Musk having an internal position on the tech giant staff. |
| 0:26.6 | But what does it all really mean? |
| 0:28.5 | Amy Butler, a research associate at the Center for Technology Policy at the Heritage Foundation, |
| 0:33.0 | joins the show to discuss the implication of Musk move and how some popular free speech |
| 0:37.6 | alternatives are doing right now. |
| 0:40.0 | But before we get to Doug's conversation with Annie Butler, let's hear our top stories |
| 0:44.3 | of the day. |
| 0:56.7 | The Senate voted to confirm Judge Katandi Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday |
| 1:01.0 | in a narrow 53-47 vote. |
| 1:04.1 | All 48 Democratic Senators voted to approve Jackson, along with two independents, Bernie |
| 1:09.5 | Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine, and three Republicans, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, |
| 1:15.5 | Mitt Romney of Utah, and Susan Collins of Maine. |
| 1:19.3 | Before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said it was a wonderful |
| 1:23.4 | day, a joyous day, an inspiring day. |
| 1:27.0 | Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, today, the far left will get the Supreme Court |
| 1:31.4 | Justice they wanted. |
| 1:33.3 | Jackson, who will become the 116th Supreme Court Justice, will be sworn in after Justice |
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