Medvedev responded to Monday’s news about the acquisition of the Twitter social network on his Telegram channel, the Russian agency Tass quoted him. “Buying nets for gigantic money, with one owner being replaced by another, will not change anything,” Medvedev is clear.
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“The reason is simple, not only the owners now determine the rules of life of similar services,” said the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, adding that no network is able to ignore the mood in the state where it is registered. “Twitter does not expect any miraculous change,” he added.
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Censorship in Russia
Medvedev’s remarks, which he was entrusted with at the end of his career as prime minister in the government as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, seem at least funny. He talks about democracy on Twitter, even though there is strict censorship in his own country. And that also applies to Twitter.
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Social networks – in addition to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube – were blocked in the country at the behest of the Roskomnadzor censorship office in early March due to allegedly spreading “false and false information” about the situation in Ukraine.
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In Russia, the invasion of Ukraine must not be called anything other than a “special military operation”, with the term “war” threatening up to 15 years in prison. However, it is practically impossible to enforce punishments for foreign newsrooms, social networks and other servers. The only solution is to block them throughout Russia.
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Last week, even the world’s largest chess site, Chess.com, was blocked for the same reason.
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Musk wants to change the network
At the same time, Musk himself makes no secret of the fact that he wants to change the social network. “I invested in Twitter because I believe in its potential to become a platform for freedom of speech around the world, and I believe that freedom of speech is a social imperative of a functioning democracy,” Musk wrote on Twitter.
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It is he who should become the person in charge of this transformation. “Twitter has extraordinary potential. I’ll unlock it, “he commented on the acquisition confidently.
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Elon Musk
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Twitter co-founder trusts Musk
The former head of Twitter and one of its founders, Jack Dorsey, who trusted Musk, sees the same. “I don’t think anyone should own or manage Twitter. It is supposed to be public property, not a company. But considering the problem of being a company, Elon is a unique solution that I trust. I trust his mission to spread the light of consciousness, “said Dorsey, who headed Twitter for six years before Agrawal.
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Following the announcement of the acquisition, Twitter employees split into two irreconcilable camps. While some see Musk as the new salvation of the social network, others expect destruction under his leadership. This can be seen beautifully from posts on Twitter, where employees started posting crying smileys or GIFs of collapsing people. Others told CNN that “they are too shocked to comment now.”
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Twitter announced on Monday that Musk will pay $ 44 billion for the social network, or about a trillion crowns. The acquisition itself should be completed in a few months, after which Musk will become the head of Twitter.
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