officially taken ownership of twitter, announcing the bird is freed. and promising to loosen speech restrictions. even before yesterday s events many were fearful. according to critics, elon musk s takeover actually threatens free speech and could, quote, ruin america. and alienating users. in fact what twitter needs is more regulation, not less. and they had nothing on elon musk and asking, of course, is donald trump coming back. taylor lore rez tweeted this, it s like the gates of hell opened on this site. and then there was former president trump s own take on truth social. he said i m very happy that twitter now is in sane hands and will no longer be run by radical left maniacs that run our country. all of that after we learned that intruders on friday morning had broken into the house of nancy pelosi and attacked her 82-year-old husband paul. the alleged assail lent is now charged with attempted homicide with other crimes after reportedly attacking paul pelosi in his hom
To host a digital town square, with the need to avoid, as he puts it, the hellscape. but then came the epitome of the latter with the savage attack of a senior by someone who amplified online any number of internet-fueled falsehoods and conspiracy theories. and it all begs the question of whether we can have it both ways. can we replicate the free speech town square in a way that doesn t fuel beliefs that train democracy? that brings me to today s poll question at smerconish.com. is it possible for elon musk to host a digital town square that doesn t become a hellscape? i sure hope so. joining me now to discuss this, scott galloway, the professor of marketing at nyu stern school of business a serial entrepreneur and podcast host. s who the author of multiple books most recently a best-seller, adrift, america in