Tesla CEO Elon Musk scoffs at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for owning huge media platforms while Musk himself tries to buy the huge Twitter media platform.
Speaking at a Ted conference in Vancouver, Musk accused Zuckerberg of having too much control over the public debate, given his ownership of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media sites.
“As far as media ownership is concerned, I mean you have Mark Zuckerberg, who owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and has a stakeholder structure in which Mark Zuckerberg XIV will still control these entities,” Musk said, as if referring to a king. Louis. XIV, “The Sun King”, whose wealth and power were legendary.
“We’re not going to have that on Twitter,” added Musk, who is currently bidding to buy Twitter for more than $ 40 billion after failing to join their board this week.
Regarding his potential property, Musk said he wanted to keep the maximum number of shareholders. He currently owns 9.1% of Twitter.
According to the Daily Mail, Musk also said he wanted to keep Twitter’s open source and transparent algorithm, as well as allow the site to err on the side of free speech against censorship. Musk added that Twitter could act as an “inclusive arena for free speech.”
News of Musk’s potential ownership of Twitter did not go well with many Twitter employees. According to the Washington Post, while Twitter is a fairly liberal workplace, Musk is often caught mocking gender pronunciations and sharing misinformation about Covid-19.
Tesla also faces numerous cases of racial discrimination and sexual harassment.
“Musk’s takeover of Twitter would be a nightmare for many employees who have worked under it [former Twitter CEO] The Dorsey and Twitter regime, “Daniel Ives, managing director and senior analyst at capital research at financial services firm Wedbush Securities, told the Post.
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