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The Media Show: Inside the mind of Elon Musk

21/12/2022

Inside the mind of Elon Musk

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Inside the mind of Elon Musk

Understanding the chaos at Twitter and why it matters to the rest of us.

Since taking charge of Twitter in October, Elon Musk has temporarily banned some journalists from the platform, overhauled the verification system, reinstated Donald Trump's Twitter account and laid off more than half Twitter's workforce. Now, following a Twitter poll, he plans to stand down as the company's CEO. But why does it matter for the wider media, culture and society?

Guests: Kara Swisher, leading technology journalist and presenter of the podcast On with Kara Swisher; Rebekah Tromble, Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University; Dex Hunter-Torricke, VP Global Communications & Public Engagement, Meta Oversight Board; John Gapper, business columnist at the Financial Times.

Presenter: Ros Atkins

Studio engineer: Giles Aspen

Producer: Dan Hardoon

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