Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to make fundamental changes to Twitter with less oversight of content.

In her report, published by the American Wall Street Journal, writer Megan Bobrowsky says that Elon Musk has made clear during the past two weeks how he thinks about the company, and what he will do if he succeeds in acquiring the social media platform that is used by more than 200 million people. around the world.

Last week, Tesla's CEO made a $43 billion bid to buy Twitter, and in response, the company adopted a so-called "poison pill plan," making it difficult for Musk to increase his stake in the company to more than 15%.

City Square for Freedom of Expression

The writer pointed out that Musk, who described himself as a "liberator of free speech," said in an interview at TED last week that Twitter represents the "real city square," and that "it is very important that there is an inclusive arena of free speech." , adding that Twitter should be more careful when deciding whether to delete tweets or permanently ban users.

User poll about new features

Musk stated that the platform must also follow the laws of the countries in which it provides its services, noting that when Twitter makes changes to expand or reduce the reach of a tweet, it should give users insight into what happened.

In addition, Musk said he does not have all the answers, while the newspaper said that Twitter has spent years trying to promote what he calls healthy discourse on the platform, adding that the content is partially modified under the argument that it is good for business, as Twitter users have long demanded to add the editing feature after publishing.

And the writer indicated that earlier this month, Musk conducted a survey of Twitter users about whether they wanted to, and more than 70% of respondents answered “yes,” while the Twitter platform later stated that it had already been working on the issue of the amendment since last year.

Musk reiterated - as the writer quoted - his support for the editing feature after publishing in a TED conference interview, and talked about the ways in which the platform might implement this feature.

Musk said he wants to make Twitter private because it has extraordinary potential (Reuters)

Twitter is private property

In a regulatory filing, Musk said he wanted to make Twitter private, noting that "Twitter needs to turn into a private company, because it has extraordinary potential."

The writer notes that removing Twitter from the public exchange is likely to make it easier for Musk to implement the changes he wants to the company, given that a lot of the shareholder pressure will wear off, although Musk said in a TED interview that he would like to keep as many shareholders as possible if He succeeded in making the company private.

Algorithm for all

In an interview with Ted, Musk suggested making the Twitter algorithm open source, which means that parties outside the company will be able to view and recommend fixes and changes, and he said that one way to do this is to put the code on the GitHub site that is used to store software projects, according to the writer. .

Paid services

In a series of tweets, Musk suggested that Twitter give users who pay to use Twitter Blue - a subscription service that adds extra features to user accounts - a checkmark to show that their account is "authenticated." This would be different from The coveted blue check mark requires accounts to be original and known, and he also emphasized that Twitter should shift toward a business model that relies more on subscriptions.

Notably, Twitter Blue is currently adding premium features such as “Undo Tweet” for a monthly fee of $2.99, while Musk suggested that the subscription include removing all ads, stressing that his top priority will be eliminating “bot armies.” On Twitter, which creates unwanted accounts and carries out fraud, he also called - in his tweet last week - to what he described as long tweets that are not limited to the limited number of characters that characterize Twitter.