Elon Musk Attacks Mark Zuckerberg Over Facebook Power
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Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has slammed Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg for his power over social media platform, Facebook
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During a Ted Conference in Vancouver, the Tesla boss accused Zuckerberg of having too much control over public debate thanks to his ownership of Meta
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This comes after Musk himself made an offer to buy another social media giant, Twitter to allow free speech on the platform
World’s richest man, Elon Musk, on Thursday accused Mark Zuckerberg of exercising too much power over public debates thanks to his ownership of Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Musk, 50 said this when he made an appearance at a Ted conference in Vancouver and was asked about his plans to buy Twitter.
During the conference, the billionaire claimed that his decision to buy the social media company was not a way for him to make money but rather a bid to defend democracy and protect freedom of speech.
When Musk was questioned about the effect that the world’s richest man controlling such an influential platform would have, he said intends to make the platform more open rather than restricted.
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He further added:
‘As for media sort of ownership, I mean, you’ve got Mark Zuckerberg owning Facebook and Instagram qand WhatsApp, and with a share ownership structure that will have Mark Zuckerberg the 14th still controlling those entities,’
Elon Musk claimed that Twitter wouldn’t be run that way if he manages to acquire it. The Tesla boss claims that he would keep the maximum number of shareholders within Twitter, rather than dominating the company himself.
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