Musk wants to buy Twitter. It reveals additional details

Last week, the general manager Tesla i SpaceX bought 9.2 percent. shares of said social platform for $ 3 billion, and then refused to accept a seat on the board of directors.

Current rules Twitter they forbid, inter alia, hate speech, targeted harassment and disinformation regarding Covid-19. It is not clear what kind of changes Musk would introduce to the existing rules of the platform.

Tesla’s director said he would like to Twitter’s rules were in line with the laws of the country in which it operates. Parler and Truth Social have a similar approach. He added that “permanent locks” are not productive.

He is also planning Twitter code sharing on GitHubincluding its algorithm. Earlier, several US lawmakers called for more transparency in the algorithms of social media platforms. It is the aftermath document leakage Former Facebook employee who reported that the platform favored content that was more likely to cause anger / anger. Additionally, it is planned reducing the amount of spam and the number of bots on the platform.

Editing function would only be available for a short time after the Tweet was posted. Musk speculates that when the tweet is being edited, he would lose all his likes and retweets. So, in principle, that would be the same as deleting the tweet and rewriting it.

It is not yet known whether Twitter will accept Musk’s offer. The multi-billionaire noted that he has “sufficient assets“to make the purchase, meaning the ball is now on the platform side. At the same time, the SpaceX director has a plan B, but refused to make it public.

“It’s just my strong, intuitive feeling that having a public platform that is as trusted and broadly inclusive as possible is extremely important for the future of civilization“Musk said.” He added, “I don’t care about economics at all.”

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