What Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could mean

<p>Twitter has a new boss… none other than the richest man on the planet, Elon Musk.</p><br><p>With the $44 billion takeover confirmed, it has many people concerned about the ethical issues involved with a man of Musks’ power owning such an influential platform. Also, there are worries about the Tesla and SpaceX founder being a self proclaimed ‘free speech absolutist’ and what that could mean moving forward.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Professor Charlie Beckett, Director of Polis, the independent journalism think tank at the London School of Economics explains what the future of Twitter could look like.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Today we talk about:</p><ul><li>Should the richest man in the world be able to own one of the most influential social media platforms (01:44)</li><li>What are some of the biggest ethical issues involving this takeover (03:04)</li><li>What does the future of Twitter look like? (07:25)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>For the latest news follow us on<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> @EveningStandard</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>