Elon Musk Taking A Wrecking Ball To X?

Professor Bradley Freeman, Professor of Digital Media, School of Arts, Sunway University

24-Aug-23 07:30

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Elon Musk has made a series of changes to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, since his $USD44 billion takeover, but have these moves furthered the cause of free speech as he claims? We discuss how changes to the platform's features could impact the reputation and attractiveness of X to users as well as advertisers with digital media expert Prof. Bradley Freeman.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan, Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: culture, technology, Corporates

Tags: twitter, x, elon musk,

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