Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, he’s been clear that he sees his platform as a place for free speech, especially as a space for conservative voices, who he feels have been silenced too often. That was part of the backdrop when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces. Geoff Bennett discussed Musk’s plans and vision for Twitter with Philip Bump.
Geoff Bennett:
Now a look at the transformation of Twitter and the concerns around it.
Ever since Elon Musk took over the company, he has been clear that he sees his platform as a place for free speech, especially as a space for conservative voices, who he feels have been silenced too often. That was part of the backdrop when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis formally launched his presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces last night.
But the event was plagued by lengthy delays and problems, which Musk acknowledged while it was happening.
Elon Musk, CEO, Twitter:
We're just reallocating more sort of a capability to be able to handle the load here. It's really going — going crazy.
So, yes, I'm obviously very excited to have Governor DeSantis make this…
Geoff Bennett:
Now, it should be noted that the number of users listening to the event was in the hundreds of thousands, not the millions or tens of millions that would typically overwhelm the servers of other social media giants.
We are going to focus now on Musk's plans and vision for Twitter.
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