Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and self-described “free-speech absolutist,” is now Twitter’s largest shareholder. The day after he announced his purchase, he was appointed to Twitter’s board of directors.
After these announcements, political conservatives flooded their Twitter feeds with calls for the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Meanwhile, some Twitter employees lamented that Musk’s views on free speech could weaken their effort to make Twitter a place of healthy, civilized discourse.
Elon Musk may influence Twitter’s policies. But even as its largest shareholder and board member, can he really change them?
