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Twitter is now on a rollercoaster trip, courtesy of its new proprietor Elon Musk … and expertise columnist Kevin Roose says the trip may result in an entire new app inside a matter of days.
Kevin joined “TMZ Live” to forecast the hen app’s future on the heels of a wild weekend introduced on by Musk himself — his retweeting an unsubstantiated Paul Pelosi conspiracy idea is elevating main considerations about how a lot misinformation he’ll permit.
Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in! pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2022
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Political penalties apart, Roose says there might be plenty of monetary fallout from Elon’s early strikes.
He believes Elon’s Pelosi tweet indicators there shall be a continuing tug-of-war between Twitter being a free speech discussion board … and one which regulates misinformation and hate speech — and that battle will affect promoting income.
Kevin notes … advertisers usually do not love placement subsequent to poisonous content material, and after dropping $44 billion for the platform, Elon wants it thrive as a biz.
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As for Twitter’s staff … Kevin says big-time layoffs are anticipated this week, and Elon’s already booted all of Twitter’s earlier executives and board members.
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Bottom line is … no matter occurs subsequent it is all falling on the Chief Twit’s shoulders — whether or not it is good, unhealthy or ugly.