Watch Elon Musk's TED talk, in which he explains his Twitter bid.
Elon Musk explains his Twitter bid in TED interview
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| Who's got big plans for Twitter? This guy! Credit: Jim Watson/Getty Images |
Just a day after offering to buy Twitter for $41 billion, Tesla CEO and richest guy in the world Elon Musk took the TED stage, together with TED head Chris Anderson, and used some of his time there to explain why, exactly, he wants to own Twitter.
"I think it's very important that there will be an inclusive arena for free speech," Musk said. "Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square. It's really important that people have the reality and the perception that they're able to speak freely, within the bounds of the law."
He then outlined a few of the practical moves he thinks Twitter should make for that to happen. These include open-sourcing its algorithm, and make apparent any actions that emphasize or de-emphasize people's tweets, "so there's no behind the scenes manipulation either algorithmically or manually."
On the topic of actually owning Twitter, Musk said it would be "miserable," with everyone "blaming him for everything."
"But it's important to the function of democracy (...) to help freedom in the world. I think civilizational risk is decreased the more we can increase the trust of Twitter as a public platform."
Musk also said the move is not about making money or maximizing his ownership of Twitter.
When asked about the problem of policing problematic content such as hate speech on the platform, Musk skipped the specifics, and again re-iterated the importance of opening up Twitter's algorithms to the public. He did say that Twitter should err on the site of caution when it comes to banning content.
"If in doubt, let the speech exist," he said. "I don't have all the answers here," he added.
As for other changes that may be coming to Twitter, should Musk succeed to take the company over, Musk said he'd try to get rid of cryptocurrency-related scams, and the long-awaited edit button would also be a priority.
Der bekommt aber auch so langsam einen Höhenflug...... :)
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ReplyDeleteWe just read a headline or read just one article and we react because someone else says what we should think.
ReplyDeleteTake away the R and take the D and any other designation then just listen and think for ourselves.
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ReplyDeleteIt’s about nothing other than conservative victimhood.
ReplyDeleteIs the Tesla software open source?
ReplyDeleteEnough of talking about this man who acts like a spoiled brat.
ReplyDeleteI am so sick of this arrogant guy who thinks he's above the rules and paying taxes. He "loves humanity" but for or him, everything that may benefit others has a workaround. He actually just loves himself.
ReplyDeleteThis is a ploy to let Trump back on Twitter... The share holders of Twitter should stop him at all cost!
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't he just shut up?
ReplyDelete“I love humanity and I think that we should fight for a good future for humanity, ..." --Elon Musk
ReplyDeletegeez, this guys a hot mess....he should focus on all his other flailing companies.
ReplyDeleteI was always a big fan of Elon Musk, but now I look at him as acting too entitled and seems to whine like a baby about everything. In that way, he reminds me a lot of The Former Guy.
ReplyDeleteI only watched because Bloomberg TV decided to broadcast. It’s on in the background.
ReplyDeleteBe under no illusion this is one of the biggest brain farts ever, even for Musk. Having him at the helm of a social media platform is dangerous. He has attacked the management and like all despotic fools he never uses any fact to discredit those he wants to stamp on and eliminate.
I live in Austin, TX. Ground zero for Tesla. The euphoria is off the charts since he moved himself, his auto HQ and built a massive factory. We need to consider where he sits not on the Asperger spectrum but on the most dangerous to society spectrum.
We need to stop celebrating and cheering for celebrity leadership. It is corrupt, driven by ego and what may have been a good idea has now gone to his head.
The SEC, Twitter shareholders and the public need to seriously consider what they hope for if the allow this crank who cannot sleep have his way with such a platform. Not a word yet from the founder which is just as troubling
“funding secured” to take Tesla private. He ended up settling with the regulators for $20 million and agreed to step down as chairman of Tesla’s board.
ReplyDeleteDid he tweet this ^ 20m, and step down - the fan base he is cultivating are not the sort that buy Teslas
Lefties panic as censorship may be going bye-bye.
ReplyDeleteThe right cries censorship at every point at which their hateful speech is met with the appropriate response from a civil society: refusing to spread it, but not by action of the government, which IS censorship (you know, like the book banning going on by GOP controlled legislatures), but by those of us who find the bile and outfights lies by the right as not being any message worth listening to.
ReplyDeleteAs for snowflakes…. I’ve never met a bigger bunch than “conservatives “ who appear to be hurt by even the slightest of criticisms
But then I guess you do believe inciting violence is appropriate language…
Lol another free market patriot who hates the free market and lacks a basic understanding of the constitution. In five years, you will be waving "Tread on me" flags.
ReplyDeleteCensorship, you mean rules of engagement, a way of comporting yourself? It's used in every civilized society. Twitter if bought by Musk will be a dustbowl; his idea of paying to tweet will kill the platform, even if he leaves it as is he has already damaged it. It is not like Tesla for SpaceX will not work under dictatorship, especially his, it will be his TruthSocial.
ReplyDeleteIt is not censorship it is allowing an unhinged crank get his hands on any social media. It is a waste of time and only satisfies those in a herd. Which clearly must be you. Think hard, own your own thoughts and consider if you really want musk pulling levers in our society
ReplyDeleteThats NOT actually what he said...and I can see now why the GOP has so many mindless zombies. You guys suck up anyone who tosses a red herring your way and eat up the propaganda.
ReplyDeleteIf he's so unhappy with US laws, he's free to leave and never come back.
ReplyDeleteThree nuts short of being a total fruitecake.
ReplyDeleteNarcissist accommodated by suckers.
ReplyDeleteHistory will eventually show that Musk will join the long list of wealthy entrepreneurs whose fortunes were destroyed by their increasing arrogance and disconnection from reality, if not outright insanity. It will just take longer because he has more money to begin with.
ReplyDeleteFigures a guy who grew up white and wealthy in South Africa doesn't have a full grip on the US constitution.
ReplyDeleteThis guy. Oh great, another billionaire who lacks social graces and impulse control who thinks that he should be the sole owner of a social media platform that reaches folks worldwide.
ReplyDeleteAs if we didn't learn enough about how dangerous so called 'free speech' can be when used in the wrong hands - see TFG. There was a reason why TFG was removed from twitter. His hateful and inciteful tweets caused thousands of folks to literally take up arms and storm the US Capital, i.e. the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Imagine if TFG and others like him are allowed to spew whatever hateful and inciteful rhetoric to millions of folks multiple times per day. That is a recipe for total social/societal upheaval, especially during these fraught political times.
But as a billionaire who won't ever be personally affected by the hordes and unwashed masses that will suffer from his idea of 'free speech' without any regulation and/or vetting, he and his gilded billionaire class will be just fine.
For the rest of us poor saps, oh well, enjoy the 'freedumbs' of 'free speech' and just deal with the negative consequences...
'Free speech' doesnt need to look like 4chan, and shouldn't be owned by billionaires.
ReplyDeleteum, it already is. the owner of the second most individual shares of twitter is a saudi royal. bezos owns the website you are posting comments to.
DeleteCareful. People don't like to hear that sort of thing around here :)
DeleteElon Musk is in a competition with other oligarchs from around the world to become the first trillionaire. He clams to love humanity but the power of a trillion of dollars should not be used for decision making that could affect the course of living conditions for all of humanity. The United States, until recently within a decade or two, was a leader of the Western democracies for democratic determination of progress for humanity. Business structures of all kinds, most of which operate with varying degrees of autocracy, should not control the direction of progress for humanity. Businesses, in a democracy, should recognize that humanity does not exist for economic exploitation. The goals for human progress should be for human survival, preferably for the best possible survival of the human species. Social capitalism working within democratic systems of government have proven the viability capitalism working with social justice and economic justice. Laissez-faire capitalism distorts every governmental system devised since the dawn of civilization toward control of government for personalizing wealth accrual.
ReplyDelete"I’m not saying I have all the answers here.”
ReplyDeleteAnd that is what makes this man so dangerous. We've already witnessed the destructive capability of social media when not adequately monitored. Civil unrest and insurrection results when disinformation is allowed to flow freely with the assistance of uber-powerful persons with malignant designs. Twitter should not be just a play toy in the hands of a gazillionaire who self admits to not having all the answers.
Methinks this guy has projection issues. Even his name is gay.
ReplyDeleteI expect he was called 'stinky' in school, (musk geddit) and that is why he keeps trying to attract attention. However I must admit that I would have tolerated a certain amount of bullying if it meant I would become a billionaire in later life.
Every picture of his rather peculiar face is set in an odd grimace.
I think he is not brave enough to 'come out' like an honest iron( rhyming slang)
I also think that his real name must be,' Elon Musk' as who in their right mind would pick a name which makes others think of deodorant as a necessity?
Tesla should not have been taken public if Mr. Musk didn't understand he couldn't blabber about anything he wanted publicly, triggering investors to respond. The SEC protects all the shareholders out here who own bits and pieces of public companies.
ReplyDeleteMusk: "I hate playing by the rules that everyone else must follow. I'm a zillionaire and I don't need to follow rules"
ReplyDeleteIf Musk really cares about free speech (spoiler alert: he doesn't) he'd drop a few hundred million to find the Republican Don't Say Gay bills/laws as well as the laws censoring the teaching of history in schools and universities.
ReplyDeleteHe just wants to make sure that white incels can use the N word, kill people though vaccine misinformation, and call for violent insurrection.
Aww, the poor billionaire -- the pesky rules and regulations keep getting in the way of him just DOING WHATEVER HE WANTS.
ReplyDeleteDo we not understand that LAWS ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE?
The Texas autocrat formerly known as Elon will be in court soon enough. he's just handed the SEC all they need to take him down.
What was that he handed them?
DeleteElon should pay his fair share of taxes.
ReplyDeleteOne senses he would be happier in Russia than the United States.
Russia? I doubt that. Buy, taxes on the wealthy...I'm all for that.
DeleteElon ain't happy here. Says he has to "save civilization".
DeleteJesus Christ on a pogo stick!
DeleteHaving mega billionaires like Elon Musk throwing their weight around is not consistent my view of an optimistic future. Like Trump, Musk seems to have an insatiable need to be in the news and thumb his nose at any authority other than his own. Not positive character traits.
ReplyDelete"Well I think it’s very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech...My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization."
ReplyDeleteHow is allowing anyone to post any batsh it crazy lie they feel like spewing under the guise of 'free speech' going to make this platform "maximally trusted"? There are exceptions to the First Amendment, such as false statements of fact, fighting words, incitement to lawlessness, and defamation. Given that Elon Musk's own Tweets often fall into that category, I don't really think he would be the best arbiter of Free Speech.
Everyone should abandon Twitter if Musk takes over. I know I will. Screw Elon Musk.
ReplyDeleteNow, that's the ticket.
DeleteTax this meglomaniac.
ReplyDeleteThe man is obviously a business genius and a big thinker, but he's also a megalomaniac. This Twitter stunt seems to be all about him wanting Twitter to allow a lot more white supremacy and "Let's overthrow the gov't" content.
ReplyDeleteI believe that twitter ought to disappear if it can not be an honest platform. By Honest I mean that saying stuff like the 2020 election was stolen can not be said on twitter, it is a lie, period.
ReplyDeleteTo say that rich people already give so much to this country that they shouldn't pay taxes is balderdash as well. Show me a country in this world that is a democracy where the rich don't pay taxes. Elon Musk has uttered that phrase. I don't think a single individual should own anything as powerful as twitter. That is why I say if it can not be made to stick to the truth it should go belly up.
Twitter is a consumer driven business...just stop using it and it will go belly up. I don't use it or Facebook and my life rolls right along...and successfully I might add.
DeleteThis fascist fraud believes he should be above regulations. He is so trump-like it's laughable
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