Back with the banned: Do Twitter’s exiles return under Musk?


While Musk hasn’t offered specifics about how he would run the platform, his musings are prompting celebrations from some of those muzzled by Twitter, even as they alarm Internet safety experts who predict a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation about topics like vaccines and elections. — Reuters

QAnon loyalists, Covid deniers, neo-Nazis and a former American president: The list of people banned from Twitter is long, but their exile could soon come to an end if Elon Musk’s US$44bil (RM191.55bil) offer for the platform is approved.

Musk, the world’s richest man and the owner of SpaceX and Tesla, calls himself a free speech absolutist who believes in allowing any content that doesn’t run afoul of the law.

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