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Let’s see how ‘free’ the speech is

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Elon Musk asked to testify on Twitter by UK Parliament

Associated Press

FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun!” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Elon Musk’s big plans for Twitter: What we know so far

By Matt O'Brien

Now they’re worried about ‘censorship’?

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at the Save America Rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. The former president was in on hand to endorse Republican candidates and turnout ahead of the May 3 Ohio primary. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

Donald Trump legal team reassessing Twitter lawsuit after Elon Musk takeover

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Fixing Twitter and Town Square Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

What Elon Musk can’t fix about Twitter

By Tom Basile

Elon Musk: Pirate of the Twittersphere Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Media reaction to Elon Musk proves conservatives right

By Tim Murtaugh

Illustration comparing Elon Musk to Thomas Jefferson by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Disinformation Governance Board: DHS launches war on free speech

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Elon Musk’s foray into America’s free-speech wars rattles Democrats, enthralls Republicans

By Kerry Picket and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. The idea that Elon Musk might want to relax Twitter’s content standards after he buys the company is downright alarming for people who have endured waves of harassment and abuse on the platform. The fear is that the hands-off approach Musk has championed will allow Twitter to become more of haven for hate speech, bullying and disinformation. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Twitter abuse victims fear Musk’s plans, but may not quit

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3. A New York judge has found former president Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state's attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

Elon Musk gives shout-out to Trump’s Truth Social app after it reaches #1

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk’s lawyer says a federal judge would trample on the Tesla CEO’s free speech rights if he ordered Musk to stop talking about 2018 tweets saying he had the funding to make Tesla a private company. In a court document filed Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Lawyer Alex Spiro says a motion from a group of Tesla shareholders seeking a gag order doesn’t establish that Musk’s comments will prejudice the pool of jurors who may hear the case. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Bezos questions China’s influence over Twitter through Musk

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Knives out for Elon Musk on Capitol Hill following his acquisition of Twitter

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Musk can turn Twitter around

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this file photo, technology entrepreneur Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) **FILE**

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey: No owner would be best, but Musk is trustworthy to oversee platform

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Illustration on the state of American journalism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Rebalancing journalism

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

The Twitter page of Elon Musk is seen on the screen of a computer in Sausalito, Calif., on Monday, April 25, 2022. On Monday, Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for about $44 billion. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Musk’s ‘free speech’ push for Twitter: Repeating history?

By Barbara Ortutay and Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he’s trying to negotiate an agreement with the company. The Tesla CEO says in documents filed Thursday, April 21, 2022 with U.S. securities regulators that he’s exploring a tender offer to buy all of the social media platform’s common stock for $54.20 per share in cash. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Reports: Twitter in talks with Musk over bid to buy platform

Associated Press

Mark Hamill arrives at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Prominent liberals report lost Twitter followers after Musk takeover: ‘Was it something I said?’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fox host Tucker Carlson back on Twitter after monthlong suspension

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times