Elon Musk’s Twitter deal prompts free speech debate

Calling himself a "free speech absolutist," Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover deal is reigniting the debate around freedom of speech on social media platforms. Some fear that under Musk’s ownership, Twitter could be exploited as a platform to spread disinformation and monitor critics.

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