Elon Musk has mentioned that he's seriously thinking of building his own social media platform.
BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
The multi-billionaire tech mogul made this claim after he was asked about it by a follower. Free speech will reportedly be the focus of the platform, which will also be one "where propaganda is very minimal," according to Twitter user Pranay Pathole who asked Musk about it.
According to Bitcoin.com, this discussion popped up right after the SpaceX founder asked his over 79 million followers about Twitter. The poll asked users whether they believe Twitter (Musk's social media platform of choice) "rigorously adheres" to the principle of free speech in a functioning democracy.
The results of the poll were telling: 70.4% of the polled Twitter users believed Twitter doesn't adhere to the principle, with the rest believing that they do. This result came from a total of 2,035,924 votes, so you can't really say that the sample size was small and insignificant. Musk himself said that the consequences of the poll "will be important" in a March 25th tweet, alongside the release of the poll.
Furthermore, the billionaire also mentioned how Twitter is the world's "de facto public town square," saying that it should not fail to adhere to the principles of free speech if it doesn't want to undermine democracy (via CNN). He then aided his statement with a question to anyone, asking "What should be done?"
These claims come shortly after Musk complained about Twitter's algorithm, saying that there's a so-called "de facto bias" going around on the platform. He also followed this with another poll (which preceded the above mentioned other one) wherein he said that Twitter's algorithm should be open source.
As usual, many folks agreed with the tech mogul, with the poll recording 82.7% in favor out of 1,117,574 votes in total:
Twitter algorithm should be open source
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2022
Elon Musk Making His Own Social Media Network Is Not Too Weird
Considering he's one of the biggest and most powerful tech CEOs in the world, it is not too out of place for Elon Musk to claim that he wants to make his own social media platform. He does have the skills and experience to do so.
Or even if he doesn't make his own, there is still a possibility for him to just buy a social media company outright. In a Tech Times report from earlier this year, Indian-American political commentator Dinesh Souza said that Twitter will soon not be enough for Musk to "push his ideas and promote his beliefs."
Tweets are fine @elonmusk but you can dramatically change the political and cultural landscape this way: 1. Buy and take over a major social media platform 2. Acquire or create a TV network like ABC, NBC or CBS 3. Create a world-class online university and offer degrees for free.
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 28, 2022
This suggestion was made alongside two others: creating his own media outlet/TV station, or putting up a school. According to Souza, these three "pillars" will serve the popular multi-billionaire well in his quest to "effect the change he wants on society."
But despite these suggestions, Elon Musk only commented that the ideas are "interesting" and didn't make any mention of actively pushing for them. So don't expect him to go all Donald Trump and release his own social media platform anytime soon, no matter how much sense it makes for him to do so.
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Written by RJ Pierce
