Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he is “seriously thinking” about creating a new social media platform that respects freedom of expression.

The billionaire had spent a few days raising the way in which this social network allows and promotes freedom of expression, as well as the transparency of its policies. First, he created a poll in which he encouraged users to weigh in on whether Twitter’s algorithm should be open sourced. In this case, 82.7 % of the 1,117,574 voters indicated yes, while 17.3 % of them voted no.

Likewise, Musk launched a survey of his followers on March 25, to whom he reminded that “freedom of expression is essential for a functioning democracy” and asked if they considered that Twitter adhered “rigorously” to this principle.

After proceeding to its publication, he indicated that “the consequences” of this survey would be “important” and asked those interested to vote “carefully”, suggesting that it could have a visible result in the future.

As a result of the poll, in which 2,035,924 Twitter users participated, 70.4 % voted no, while the ‘yes’ only registered 29.6 % of the votes. If the creation of this social network occurs, Musk would not be the first public figure to create an alternative to existing platforms, such as Facebook or Instagram.

At the end of last February, former US President Donald Trump debuted his own social network, called Truth Social, which was one of the most downloaded apps on the Apple App Store in its early days.

Trump decided to create this platform after being blocked from the main platforms after the publication of a series of inflammatory messages during the assault on the Capitol, on January 6, 2021.

K. Tovar

Source: CNN

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Donald Trump, former president of the United States, launched his own instant messaging social network called Truth Social in the US market with the purpose of competing with the Twitter and Facebook platforms and in which there will be no “political discrimination”, being totally free for English speaking users.

The social network Truth Social created and promoted by the millionaire includes an interface similar to that of Twitter, “with a profile page where you can read the “truths” (equivalent to tweets) of the users who are follows, a window to search for other Internet users and the possibility of sending private messages.”

The new platform was launched this Monday, February 21st, within the framework of President’s Day in the United States, where tribute is paid to the different people who have held office in that country and it is also very close to the date of birth of George Washington, the first person to hold the position.

At present, the social network can only be downloaded from Apple’s online store, but the platform’s official website indicates that “soon” it will also be available for the Android system.

M. Rodríguez

Source: swissinfo.ch

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