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Tweed raises alarm over Musk’s planned Twitter free-for-all

Tesla multibillionaire’s buyout of the platform has raised concerns over lack of regulation leading to hate speech, defamation and online harm

Elon Musk: ranked by Forbes as the world’s richest man with a fortune of more than $218 billion, the Tesla tycoon last week completed a $44 billion takeover of Twitter. Picture: Shutterstock

Elon Musk will “lift the shackles” on Twitter and make it “every man for himself” on the social media platform, according to Paul Tweed, the libel and privacy lawyer.

“Basically there is going to be no protection for people who are currently having their lives destroyed: nothing,” Tweed told the Business Post. “It’s all very well having this utopian dream, but this isn’t a village square, it’s a global stratosphere that he’s dealing with. He’s ...