Late in October 2022, Elon Musk purchased all the outstanding shares of Twitter, and immediately fired...

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Late in October 2022, Elon Musk purchased all the outstanding shares of Twitter, and immediately fired the entire board of directors (CNN, 2022). This was followed by significant layoffs (Washington Post, 2022) and removal of large sections of content moderation staff (USA Today, 2022), suggesting a trend towards allowing more uncensored content on Twitter. In December of 2022, Twitter banned several journalists (CBC, 2022) who had been critical of Musk's management of Twitter. Twitter claimed that the journalists had engaged in "doxing" (CBC, 2022) by revealing Mr. Musk's location in real time. The journalists have denied this allegation (CBC, 2022). This appears to be censorship. 1. As more and more of our information comes to us in filtered, selected, and scripted ways online, does Twitter (or any other online media publisher) have any obligation to report the truth or to verify information in any way? 2. Given the significant influence of Twitter on the media universe in North America, do you regard the changes that Musk made? 3. Some believe that business exists only to make money. From this point of view; are the actions taken by Elon Musk justifiable? | 4.If you were made the CEO of Twitter, in what directions would you steer the company. How would you accomplish that change? Late in October 2022, Elon Musk purchased all the outstanding shares of Twitter, and immediately fired the entire board of directors (CNN, 2022). This was followed by significant layoffs (Washington Post, 2022) and removal of large sections of content moderation staff (USA Today, 2022), suggesting a trend towards allowing more uncensored content on Twitter. In December of 2022, Twitter banned several journalists (CBC, 2022) who had been critical of Musk's management of Twitter. Twitter claimed that the journalists had engaged in "doxing" (CBC, 2022) by revealing Mr. Musk's location in real time. The journalists have denied this allegation (CBC, 2022). This appears to be censorship. 1. As more and more of our information comes to us in filtered, selected, and scripted ways online, does Twitter (or any other online media publisher) have any obligation to report the truth or to verify information in any way? 2. Given the significant influence of Twitter on the media universe in North America, do you regard the changes that Musk made? 3. Some believe that business exists only to make money. From this point of view; are the actions taken by Elon Musk justifiable? | 4.If you were made the CEO of Twitter, in what directions would you steer the company. How would you accomplish that change?

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Yes as a media publisher Twitter has a responsibility to report the truth and to verify information ... View the full answer