How Elon Musk transformed Twitter — and what it means for online discourse
The transformation of Twitter into X under Elon Musk represents a fundamental shift from a public square for open discourse to a platform shaped by Musk’s personal ideology, marked by mass layoffs, dismantled content moderation, AI integration, and a redefined notion of free speech that p
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