ᲐNow what Twitter This is Elon MuskThe billionaire made a few comments: At the bottom he said it Former President Donald Trump’s social network should be called “trumpet” instead of Truth Social.

This happened after a Tesla CEO showed a screenshot 5 Most Popular Apps in the Apple App StoreWhere Truth Social is in first place, Twitter in second and TikTok in fifth.

“Truth Social is currently better than Twitter and TikTok in the Apple Store,” he said.

After pointing out that the former US president’s social network was ahead of him, he criticized the name and assured that It is terrible “. He also emphasized this It exists only because “Twitter has censored freedom of speech.”

We must remember that in the past the social network now owned by the founder of Space X, Vetoed Donald TrumpWhich had about 89 million followers since the January 6 uprising, as it were “Risk of incitement to violence”. The politician later founded his own social network.

After leaving the presidency, Trump continues to propagate speeches in communiqués about his defeat in the 2020 election, and it is unclear how Musk will address these remarks now that he can return to Twitter.

However, in the announcements for the TV network Fox, The former president noted that he prefers to use his own social network Truth Social as the only channel of communication.

And that is, after the official acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, a Significant increase in the number of downloads TruthSocial. Basically it would be from users who have shown opposition to managing Musk’s social network since It is said that extremist content or hate speech is allowedWhatever social networks were trying to eliminate.

In that sense, the South African said Truth Social emerged because there was not enough freedom, which he said would now be a lot on Twitter thanks to its new regulations. He also reiterated that the name should be “Trumpets”Which in Spanish will be “trumpet” and which in English Phonetically similar to the last name of the former president.

“Instead it should be called a trumpet!”

Musk has thousands of responses and responses on his Twitter, though none from Donald Trump. The South African said that now that he is in charge, there will be some changes to the platform, one of which is the focus on freedom of expression.

“Freedom of expression is the foundation of a functioning democracy and Twitter This is a digital city square “Where issues of vital importance to the future of mankind are discussed,” said the new owner of the company in the first message, which was accompanied by an “emoji” of rockets and hearts.

In an earlier interview with TED, shortly before the offer was made, he announced his plans for Twitter. “I think an inclusive environment for freedom of expression is very important.Said Musk. “Twitter has become a kind of de facto public square, so it is very important for people to have a reality and a perception that they can speak freely within the law.”

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