In a post on June 22, 2024, Elon Musk once again showed his support for Citizen Journalism (1). In the excerpt below you can hear Musk say the following: “A lot of things that traditional journalists don’t like being put on the same platform as the average citizen. They don’t like their voice being the same. They are pretty mad about that.
I think it is very important to elevate citizen journalism. I think it is very important to hear the voice of the people, the actual voice of the people and not the filtered voice of the people.
And let the people choose the narrative and let the people determine the truth and not five editors in chief of major publications (6). Do you want to know what is really going on, or do you want their opinion?” (1)
Elon Musk has proven to be very valuable when it comes to defending free speech by buying Twitter and transforming the platform from a nearly state-controlled platform into a place where people are allowed to share their thoughts freely.
See for a few examples of this, the Brazilian affair (2,3) and his interaction with the Australian/American Julia Inman Grant from the Global Online Safety Regulators Network (4).
FOOTNOTES
(1) https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1804496195198611760
(2) Elon Musk says that a Brazilian Judge ordered him to Suspend X-accounts of Members of Parliament and Many Journalists
(3) Alexandre de Moraes and the Brazilian Twitterfiles
(4)The Global Online Safety Regulators Network and Julia Inman Grant
(5) Citizen Journalism On The Rise
(6) The Main Stream Media has shown to often support government narratives as we have seen in the covid period, and now when it comes to the desired narrative the citizens should have on the Ukraine (7,8) and Israel wars.
(7) Our Friends against the Western Propaganda Machine on Ukraine
(8) How the West was Told that the Russians Invaded Ukraine Unprovoked
Image from (5)


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