For instance, the word "DeSaster" was trending on Twitter Wednesday evening as users mocked the botched campaign launch. Wednesday's campaign launch event with DeSantis continued the trend - though it remains to be seen whether the platform can become a go-to destination for mainstream politicians when it continues to show evidence of instability. His grand vision, he has said repeatedly, is to eventually turn Twitter into an " everything app " for everyone - a digital town square where people can hear from world leaders and politicians without the need for traditional media as a go-between.īut he seems to mainly be courting conservatives and Republicans lately, referring to Democrats and liberals as infected by the "woke mind virus" and reinstating extremist accounts that were banned by Twitter's previous administration.
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Since then, he has upended the platform's verification system, loosened its content moderation policies in line with his views as a "free speech absolutist," spread misinformation and engaged with far-right figures, all the while working to attract jittery advertisers back to the platform to turn it profitable. Musk bought Twitter last fall for $44 billion.
A day before the DeSantis event, speaking at The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit in London, Musk expressed confidence about Twitter's future and said he is "going to start adding people to the company" but gave no further details. Twitter has suffered a host of technical issues since Musk took over and fired or laid off roughly 80% of its staff - including engineers tasked with keeping the site running. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, tweeted, "We had more people join when I played Among Us," referencing the popular video game.
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