Elon Musk - openDemocracy (Page 2)

Musk’s interactions on Twitter embolden white supremacists and other toxic users in the name of ‘free speech’

By Chrissy Stroop

/ 6 Sep 2023

The Musk-Twitter apocalypse is a symptom of a much bigger crisis. To avoid a bleak future we have to bring the big platforms under our control

By Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams

/ 2 Dec 2022

Twitter’s disbanding of its Africa office and human rights team poses a threat to information across the continent

/ 11 Nov 2022

Beyond Musk’s oft-repeated rants about free speech may lie shadier plans to recoup the $44bn he paid for the site

By Adam Ramsay

/ 11 Nov 2022

OPINION: The platform was already a haven for abuse. What could be taken away is structural privilege, not safety

By Sunny Singh

/ 8 Nov 2022

El billonario promete internet en áreas remotas y protección de la selva. Pero, ¿la región tiene más para dar o para ganar?

/ 27 May 2022

O bilionário veio ao Brasil prometendo internet em áreas remotas e proteção à floresta. Mas a região tem mais a dar ou a ganhar?

By Manuella Libardi

/ 27 May 2022

In an openDemocracy live discussion, Shoshana Zuboff and Susie Alegre warned that, left unchecked, Big Tech can ‘change the tides of society’

By James Battershill

/ 29 Apr 2022