they want more moderation. you re hearing from the vocal minority and the people who say their voices are being squelched that you cannot get to shut up. the data doesn t broaden out to discourse. to your point to pew research, fewer than 1% of americans are frequently weighing in about politics on the twitter platform. so, it is a very smail, but vocal group. one, nonetheless, that i want to hear from in terms of social media. hey, stick around, scott, let s do this together. kathryn what do we have in terms of social media. i ll read it out loud. see what scott thinks. you are acting as if twitter wasn t a hellscape before he took over says austin. is it already a hellscape? you seem to be saying, scott galloway, it s better police stationed than other locations. what s your response to that? hellscape is an acquit
description. elon musk has dug in the middle of the forest filled with grenades and jumped in. as we come in for midterm elections he has a quarter of his revenue coming out of china. there are efforts by the prc to weaponize the platform to create bots to influence midterm elections. he s courting favor with bolsonaro in brazil in order to secure supply lines for earth minerals for his batteries. and bolsonaro said he s not going to accept the elections. what happens when bots start talking about election misinformation? or the fact that our elections are not supporting the peaceful transfer of power? so, congratulations, boss, the water is fine. you are the dog who caught the car. he has bought this thing at exactly a terrible time. he s going to be hugely compromised. and he s going to face some of the difficult problems that twitter has tried to solve for the last decade. but this is a hellscape i wouldn t describe it as a
generate more hate and divide our society. in the relentless pursuit of clicks much of social media has fueled and catered to these polarized extremes they believe that is what brings in the money but in doing so, the opportunity for dialogue is lost. hey, i could have written those words myself. those are the themes of my broadcasting and public speaking and have been for years. we have been driven into a polarized ditch by the partisan media. and there needs to be a home base for nonextremists. musk went on to say this, that said, twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences. and he promised, quote, in addition to adhering to the laws of the land, our platform must be warm and welcoming to all. where you can choose your desired experiences according to your preferences. look, musk was already facing the daunting task of trying to balance, i think, noble desire