MSNBC Host Warns Twitter Could Censor Stories Before an Election – Is Reminded What Happened in 2020
MSNBC’s Ari Melber is warning that Twitter could move to censor stories ahead of an election — prompting conservatives to recall its handling of a sensitive 2020 story. During a segment of his show Monday, Melber…
MSNBC’s Ari Melber is warning that Twitter could move to censor stories ahead of an election — prompting conservatives to recall its handling of a sensitive 2020 story.
During a segment of his show Monday, Melber reacted to Telsa CEO Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and discussed the ability social media platforms have to potentially influence an election.
“If you own all of Twitter, or Facebook, or what have you, you don’t have to explain yourself. You don’t even have to be transparent,” he said. “You could secretly ban one party’s candidate, or all of its candidates, all of its nominees.”
He continued, “Or you could just secretly turn down the reach of their stuff and turn up the reach of something else. And the rest of us might not even find out about it until after the election.”
“Elon Musk says this is all to help people because he is just a free speech, philosophically clear, open-minded helper,” he added.