Elon Musk: Social Media Saint or Villain?

Jameson Steward
The Shortform
Published in
Apr 15, 2022

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Elon Musk with an angel and devil on each side.
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Elon Musk made a $41 billion offer to buy Twitter.

Social media was ablaze with various opinions surrounding Elon Musk’s intentions.

Is he trying to protect and save humanity from the big bad corporate media?

Or is he just another billionaire doing whatever it takes to make another dollar?

Musk told us why he invested in Twitter, for what it's worth to you.

“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.”

Time will tell if Elon Musk is a social media saint or villain.

I think we should be cheering for him this time.

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