![]() ![]() On Friday morning, writer and comic Ginny Hogan tweeted: "Another day of losing followers and asking: is it something I'm doing or something Elon is doing. Rupar and Hamill aren't the only Twitter users who said they're seeing drops in followers as the Musk-Twitter situation continues to unfold. While some have criticized Musk's takeover of the prominent social media forum, it has also been met with praise, particularly from conservatives who expect him to reverse former President Donald Trump's ban. Musk has previously questioned if Twitter truly facilitates "free speech," which he described as "essential to a functioning democracy." ![]() In a note shared on Twitter on Thursday, Musk said that he acquired the company because of the importance of having "a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner without resorting to violence." He added that Twitter "obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" His Twitter page, which now has 110.8 million followers, now bears the self-given title "Chief Twit." "The bird is freed," Musk tweeted Thursday evening. The document, titled 'Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for JAN 6,' opens with a crazy conspiracy theory aimed at basically disenfranchising anyone who voted by mail. Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP via Getty Images As Musk officially took control of the company this week, some Twitter users said that they were seeing drops in their follower counts that coincided with the social media platform's ownership shakeup. This image taken from a video posted on the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 26 shows him carrying a sink as he enters the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. ![]()
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