Jeff Bezos wonders if China will have leverage over Twitter following Elon Musk's purchase
Late Monday, the Amazon founder retweetedjournalist Mike Forsythe and added his own comment: “Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?”
The suggestion is that Musk’s business interests in China will make him vulnerable to pressure from Beijing.According to Forsythe, China is the biggest market for Tesla after the U.S. and the automaker is dependent on Chinese battery manufacturers. About an hour after his tweet, Bezos appeared to downplay the suggestion, noting that “the more likely outcome” would be “complexity in China for Tesla, rather than censorship at Twitter.
His comments came hours after Twitter’s board approved the $44 billion buyout—one of the largest ever leveraged acquisitions of a listed firm. Although changes to Twitter have not been formally announced, Musk’s acquisition has stirred debate on free speech.“free speech absolutist” and has proposed easing up content moderation on the platform. The 50-year-old business magnate said he wants to make Twitter’s algorithm open-source to increase trust, defeat spam bots, and authenticate users. He has also promised an edit button for tweets.
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