Twitter owner Elon Musk called his reforms in the social network "a battle for the future of civilization" and warned against the loss of freedom of speech in the United States.

“This is a battle for the future of civilization.

If freedom of speech is lost even in America, only tyranny lies ahead of us,” Musk wrote on his Twitter page.

In addition, he promised to release documents - "Twitter files about the suppression of free speech."

“The public deserves to know what really happened,” Musk said.

Earlier, he urged people to express their position on Twitter.

“I just want to encourage people with different political or other views to take part in civil discussions on Twitter.

In the worst case, the other side will understand your point of view a little better, ”Musk said.

In addition, the businessman intends to make Twitter the most reliable source of information. 

Twitter has already announced the decision to cancel the policy introduced in 2020 to combat misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccination.

Among other things, Musk promised to restore blocked Twitter accounts.

In particular, the page of former American leader Donald Trump was unblocked.

Recall that Twitter blocked a number of accounts associated with Trump after the events of January 6, 2021.

So, two days after the incident, the social network published a message about the indefinite blocking of the account of the 45th President of the United States due to "the risk of further incitement to violence."

Trump's use of the phrase "American Patriots" as a description of some of his supporters "may be taken as words of support for those who committed violent acts in the Capitol," the company noted.

As Fox News host Tucker Carlson said, US Democrats are horrified that Musk may allow criticism of them on Twitter, because without censorship the Democratic Party "can no longer hold power."

According to him, in such a situation, the Democrats will try to “crush Elon Musk.”

  • Twitter office in New York, October 26, 2022

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Biden vs. Musk

At the same time, Musk also believes that he needs to prepare for attacks from the Democratic administration of US President Joe Biden, left-wing politicians and the media because of the decision to unblock Donald Trump on Twitter.

In early November, the head of the White House said that the social network, which was bought by entrepreneur Musk, "spewing lies all over the world."

Later, the US President announced the need to check the businessman's cooperation with other states as to whether he is doing "something inappropriate" or not.

Recall that at the end of October, ex-Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard made a statement on her Twitter that the Biden administration and the power elites are “thinking of ways” to “destroy” the Mask, since they cannot control it.

Gabbard also suggested that the US president's entourage will begin to use all "law enforcement and regulatory agencies" as weapons against Musk in order to "overthrow him" or force him to surrender.

The ex-congresswoman called it "outright authoritarianism."

Thus, she commented on Bloomberg's information that the White House is discussing the possibility of checking Musk's transactions, including the purchase of Twitter Inc.

In addition, according to Musk, the social network is already being persecuted by the American company Apple. 

“Apple has pretty much stopped advertising on Twitter.

Do they hate free speech in America?

— Musk wrote in the microblog.

"Apple also threatened to remove Twitter from its App Store, but didn't tell us why."

However, despite this kind of harassment, Twitter set a record for the first week (user growth accelerated by more than 20%) when Elon Musk took over the social network, reports The Verge, citing an internal Twitter document.

It is noted that in the United States this figure is even higher.

"Blocked due to dissent"

According to Nikita Danyuk, deputy director of the RUDN Institute for Strategic Studies and Forecasts, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, with the advent of Musk on Twitter, it became obvious that this platform can largely change the information space, “absolutely scorched by democratic liberal censorship.”

“Musk, who is not shy about talking about problems with free speech in the West and using Twitter as a platform to show how a free platform should really work, can really dramatically change the information landscape,” Danyuk said in a comment to RT.

According to him, Musk is driven here by both “value concepts” and “things related to business.”

“Let's not forget that Musk is primarily a businessman who wants to restore the reputation of Twitter and at the same time increase the cost of this company.

After all, Twitter over the past few years has become one of the main tools of propaganda, infringement of objectionable points of view, absolutely one-sided coverage of information.

And Musk understands that he has the opportunity to make this service more profitable,” said Danyuk.

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Against this backdrop, Musk is really trying to make Twitter free from infringing on “disadvantageous” points of view for Democrats, as was the case with Trump and a number of other Republicans, Danyuk said.

“We are talking about the admission to the platform of alternative points of view on values, on gender politics, on the political process, on foreign policy.

Twitter in this regard was a stronghold of the liberal information dictatorship.

And the fact that Musk returns accounts to those who were previously blocked due to dissent, the same Trump, is a good signal, ”the expert said.

At the same time, Danyuk called justified the fears of Musk, as well as those who speak on his side, about possible opposition from the Biden administration, his entourage and media loyal to the Democrats.

“Biden and left-wing politicians can easily unleash all sorts of inspection organizations on Musk, accuse him of fraud, corruption, whatever, and use it as a tool of some kind of pressure.

If the influence of Twitter and its new owner, according to the Democrats, becomes decisive in the context of the next US presidential election, Musk could have many problems, ”the analyst predicted.

In turn, Konstantin Blokhin, an employee of the Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, suggested that the incidents with Apple, which began to harass the social network, are quite possibly the beginning of a campaign against Musk and Twitter.

“This could be the start of a witch hunt in the face of Musk and his platform.

Twitter, due to cuts in advertising and other measures, wants to deprive them of their earnings, which means trying to stifle the social network.

If the money does not come in, therefore, the platform dies.

However, this plan may not work, since Musk has enormous financial resources at his disposal, due to which he can keep Twitter afloat for a long time to come.

Democrats' efforts are doomed to failure.

Musk may keep this social network as a hobby.

What it is for him, apparently, is, ”the expert believes.

At the same time, the platform can become an instrument of internal political struggle before the presidential elections in 2024, analysts agree.

“Musk sympathizes with the Republicans.

In particular, he said that he was ready to support the candidacy of Florida Governor and Republican Ron DeSantis for the post of head of the White House.

It is possible that Musk can use Twitter to help him connect to the competition for the presidency.

Twitter can again become a tool for bringing the truth to the American citizen, bypassing all the pro-government media that are still controlled by the Democrats, ”concluded Blokhin.