Censorship

Tesla boss Elon Musk may temporarily serve as the CEO of the micro-blogging site Twitter, following his purchase of the company. This comes amid speculations that Musk would fire Twitter' top lawyer Vijaya Gadde, and also replace the current Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal. Gadde was allegedly involved in the controversial decision to suspend then-US President Donald Trump's account. Musk has been publicly critical of her.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally acquired social networking platform Twitter for $44 billion. This comes days after Musk had launched a hostile takeover bid. Musk has repeatedly stressed on the need for free speech on social media. He has said that he would be tackling censorship, defeating the bots, and authenticating all human users. His purchase of Twitter is being welcomed by many.

According to Human Rights Watch, Chinese students in Australian universities have developed an environment of self-censorship to avoid china's criticism. However, the students are afraid to criticize the government as it results in Chinese police questioning their parents. The Australian Education Minister, Alan Tudge, has expressed deep concern regarding the issue and said, "any interference on our campuses by foreign entities cannot be… read-more

The US government on April 27 showed disapproval towards India's decision of censoring social media contents that were critical of the Centre's response to the COVID-19 crisis. The US stated, "That certainly wouldn't be aligned with our view of freedom of speech around the world". As of now, both Twitter and Facebook have removed over 100 such posts and URLs, including those from prominent figures, opposition leaders, journalists and… read-more