SHASHI THAROOR WARNS MUSK’S FREE SPEECH

(The Quiver) : Congress leader Shashi Tharoor raised his concern on Wednesday issued a warning following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. He stated a warning if Twitter is found either interfering with the free speech in India or the opposite by permitting hate speech and abuse, then the IT committee should take action.

Tharoor mentions, “it does not matter who owns which social media company. What matters is what they do and how “.

Shashi Tharoor’s message comes after Elon Musk’s statement on free speech as he said he hopes that his worst critics also remain on Twitter because “that’s what free speech means”.

While social media users feared that Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ might become ‘hate speech’ given Musk’s own track record, the European Union made it clear that Twitter under Elon Musk will have to abide by the EU’s digital media rule.

Musk on Wednesday clarified what he meant by free speech. “By ‘free speech’, I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people,” Musk tweeted implying that Twitter under him will not violate the law of the land.