Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Could Open the Door to Some Real Progress in Big Tech

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Molly Hemingway: I'm cautiously optimistic about Elon Musk. There's a lot of room for optimism, but we are so far away from where we should be. She says the backlash against Musk shows how committed some people on the left are to opposing free speech and freedom of the press. "There continues to be suppression of effective conservative voices," she said.

The power struggle over the future of Twitter among Elon Musk, the media and the political world has shined a spotlight on the issue of free expression and Big Tech. Along with new revelations about the FBI working directly with social media platforms to police “misinformation,” and building blacklists to prevent disfavored tweets or accounts from trending, many are increasingly worried about the direction of free speech in America.