Elon Musk bought Twitter on Oct. 27. Since being the owner of the world’s most ‘influential’ platform, here’s what he’s done.
Laid off 50% of the platform’s employees.
Accepted the resignation of over 1,000 employees.
Reinstated the accounts of…
Donald Trump
Andrew Tate
Kanye West
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Babylon Bee
Kathy Griffin
“I feel as if he [Donald Trump] shouldn’t have gotten it reinstated because he’s been spreading hate towards a lot of people.”
First-year Psych Major, Omoyemi Adenegan
“I would say, I’m a free speech absolutist…I don’t believe that banning anyone from anything is a good way of starting dialogue, because all it does is bring attention to them.”
Third-year History and Spanish Major, Nathan Scarpa
“I think, in general, he [Elon Musk] has made Twitter worse for its users and its employees… he wanted the platform to be all about free speech, but I feel like free speech is abused in the country to an extent, especially on social media.”
Third-year Mechanical Engineering Major, José Pagan
“[Donald Trump] being back on social media is a morale booster for his supporters, I don’t know so much whether it will have an impact or not.”
Third-year Mechanical Engineering Major, Diside Martinez
“I feel like we could see really similar things that he [Donald Trump] did in the 2016 and 2020 election and maybe worse or more scare tactics because some people have started to turn away from him a little bit.”
Third-year Political Science, International Studies and Spanish Major, Dana Giordano
Elon Musk’s approach to ‘Twitter 2.0’ has caused a lot of controversy about the platform’s future.