Elon Musk is now the proud owner of Twitter.

Known as the social media platform for journalists, politicians and heads of business, it can also be the place where radical conspiracy theories and ideologies are shared.

Musk, who is one of the world’s richest people, who has a long track record of dubious posts on the platform himself, says he wants it to be “a digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.” That free speech is “the bedrock of a functioning democracy.”

Today, we look at what it means to leave the future of free speech in the hands of a man whose track record of shutting it down for his own benefit is a long and complicated one. 

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Professor Katharine Gelber, Head of School, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Liv Proud

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

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