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Twitter has a new boss… none other than the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk.
With the $44 billion takeover confirmed, it has many people concerned about the ethical issues involved with a man of Musks’ power owning such an influential platform. Also, there are worries about the Tesla and SpaceX founder being a self proclaimed ‘free speech absolutist’ and what that could mean moving forward.
Professor Charlie Beckett, Director of Polis, the independent journalism think tank at the London School of Economics explains what the future of Twitter could look like.
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For the latest news follow us on Twitter @EveningStandard
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Twitter has a new boss… none other than the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk.
With the $44 billion takeover confirmed, it has many people concerned about the ethical issues involved with a man of Musks’ power owning such an influential platform. Also, there are worries about the Tesla and SpaceX founder being a self proclaimed ‘free speech absolutist’ and what that could mean moving forward.
Professor Charlie Beckett, Director of Polis, the independent journalism think tank at the London School of Economics explains what the future of Twitter could look like.
Today we talk about:
For the latest news follow us on Twitter @EveningStandard
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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