Fri 28 October 2022:
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is currently in exile in Russia, claimed on Friday that excessive restriction on Twitter and other social media platforms had taken away users’ freedom to choose their own content.
Snowden’s comment was in response to the news SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk had bought Twitter. Musk, who has criticized Twitter for limiting freedom of expression in the past, hinted that he finalized the platform’s purchase in a tweet earlier on Friday reading, “the bird is free.”
“This is going to cause controversy, but platform censorship had clearly gone too far.
Content moderation should be an individual decision, not a corporate prison. Let people make their own choices and not just on Twitter,” Snowden tweeted.
Musk’s purchase of Twitter announced back in April was delayed in July by legal disputes between himself and the company about the number of fake accounts on its social media platform, which Musk alleged was much higher than the company reported.
Musk kicked off his tenure as the new owner of Twitter
After closing a $44bn deal to buy the company on Thursday, Musk swiftly fired three of Twitter’s most senior executives in a signal of his intent to put his stamp on one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.
Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal, policy and trust, were all shown the door, according to multiple media reports citing people familiar with the situation.
Sean Edgett, Twitter’s general counsel, was also given the sack, the Washington Post reported, citing an unnamed source.
Agrawal and Gadde were both reportedly escorted from Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters following Musk’s firing, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Twitter and Musk have yet to officially confirm the firings.
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