Musk considers creating a social network where freedom of expression is respected

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