After buying 9.1% of Twitter in early April, asking its community for suggestions for improvement, and refusing a seat on the board of directors , there was no longer any question of him limiting his participation to 15% of the company. The billionaire also seems to have big plans for the platform, which he aims to take off the stock market in order to have more freedom to modify it as he pleases. For Elon Musk, “freedom of expression” is the watchword: moderation must be lightened and the conservative political class must no longer be silenced .
fears of misinformation and hate speech are being felt by others. The new owner of the platform also wants to open source Twitter’s content algorithms so that everyone can identify the tweets highlighted according to the profile of each user. Finally, the modification of tweets already published, better moderation of fake accounts and scams, as well as the development of an economic model less dependent on advertising – among other things with the development of Twitter Blue – were twitter data mentioned by Elon Musk.
While it's still early to tell whether Musk will follow through on his ambitions, the acquisition is still indicative of the power of billionaires shaping the rules of online discourse . Wanted: Lost data at Facebook – In an internal Facebook document from the Ad and Business Product team, retrieved by Vice , employees say they don’t know where user data goes. If this were true, the GDPR would be significantly hampered. Its Article 5 stipulates that personal data must be “ collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes, and not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes .
” According to Facebook, this document was taken out of context. If a CNIL and the European courts were to rule otherwise, Meta would risk a fine of 4% of its global turnover. GAFA in trouble? – GAFA presented their results this week, revealing a slowdown in their growth. For Amazon, despite increasing sales, operating profit has been halved. The giant is facing an increase in labor costs, and inflation increasing its costs and reducing household purchasing power. As a result, Amazon shares lost 8% on the stock market after the results were announced.