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Since taking charge of Twitter in October, Elon Musk has temporarily banned some journalists from the platform, overhauled the verification system, reinstated Donald Trump's Twitter account and laid off more than half Twitter's workforce. Now, following a Twitter poll, he plans to stand down as the company's CEO. But why does it matter for the wider media, culture and society?
Guests: Kara Swisher, leading technology journalist and presenter of the podcast On with Kara Swisher; Rebekah Tromble, Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University; Dex Hunter-Torricke, VP Global Communications & Public Engagement, Meta Oversight Board; John Gapper, business columnist at the Financial Times.
Presenter: Ros Atkins
Studio engineer: Giles Aspen
Producer: Dan Hardoon
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Since taking charge of Twitter in October, Elon Musk has temporarily banned some journalists from the platform, overhauled the verification system, reinstated Donald Trump's Twitter account and laid off more than half Twitter's workforce. Now, following a Twitter poll, he plans to stand down as the company's CEO. But why does it matter for the wider media, culture and society?
Guests: Kara Swisher, leading technology journalist and presenter of the podcast On with Kara Swisher; Rebekah Tromble, Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University; Dex Hunter-Torricke, VP Global Communications & Public Engagement, Meta Oversight Board; John Gapper, business columnist at the Financial Times.
Presenter: Ros Atkins
Studio engineer: Giles Aspen
Producer: Dan Hardoon
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