Ep. 699 - 2 barriers that will prevent Twitter under Elon Musk from becoming a white supremacist haven

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

I am gravely concerned about what Twitter is going to become under Elon Musk, but 2 pretty concrete barriers are in place that I truly believe will prevent it from becoming a haven for racism and bigotry. Musk has called himself a "free speech absolutist" - which means he believes all speech, including hate speech and targeted harassment should be allowed. But that's actually not going to be possible - no matter how badly he wants it to be so.

Let me unpack and explain it.

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0:37.2	under the new private ownership of Elon Musk.
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0:45.7	He's called himself a free speech absolutist,
0:49.6	meaning that he supports all speech
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