Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX, recently appeared on the All-In Podcast to discuss his decision to release the company’s internal communications, known as the Twitter Files, to a group of journalists.
During the podcast, hosted at Twitter’s headquarters by tech investor David Sacks, Musk explained that he wanted to maintain trust with the public by “clearing the decks for stuff that’s happened in the past.”
Musk expressed surprise at the contents of the Twitter Files, stating that “almost every conspiracy theory that people had about Twitter turned out to be true.” He also addressed concerns about Twitter’s financial stability, stating that the company’s expenses are now “reasonably under control” and it is no longer on a “fast lane to bankruptcy.” However, he clarified that Twitter “isn’t secure yet.”
Musk has defended his actions on Twitter for his decision to release the documents, slamming criticism from what he called “corporate journalism” and “legacy media”.
“Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?”, he tweeted.
After the Twitter Files article was considered for deletion, Elon Musk accused Wikipedia of having “non-trivial left-wing bias” and tweeted screenshots of select users referring to it as “not notable” and a “nothing burger,” however the final decision was to keep the article.
Most of Earth: “The MSM is biased.”
Wikipedia: “Cite MSM source to confirm this claim.” 🤣🤣Wikipedia has a non-trivial left-wing bias.@jimmy_wales, what are your thoughts?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2022
The first installment of the Twitter Files focused on the decision to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story, while subsequent releases have revealed government efforts to pressure the social media platform to censor and remove certain content. The documents have sparked debate about the role of social media in moderating content and the influence of external parties on such decisions.