'That kind of platform wouldn't work for anyone, whatever their political views.' Other experts, including Paul Barrett at NYU's Stern School for Business and Human Rights, have similar concerns. 'Without vigorous content moderation, the platform Musk seeks to own would be swamped by spam, porn, anti-vaccination misinformation, QAnon conspiracies, and fraudulent campaigns to undermine the midterms and 2024 presidential election,' Barrett said. 'Poison pill' afforded Twitter more time to consider offerĪfter accepting and then rejecting an invitation to join Twitter's board, Musk dropped a new bombshell on April 14th with his unsolicited $54.20-a-share offer to buy the whole company and take it private.īut lack of details about how Musk would finance the deal left many doubting he was serious.
