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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Bond

Minister: Musk’s Twitter will have to fall in line with new safety laws

A Cabinet minister has warned Elon Musk that Twitter will have to adhere to the Government’s new online safety laws amid fears that he could turn the social media platform into a “superspreader of hate”.

The billionaire entrepreneur, who bought Twitter in a $44billion deal last month, has raised concerns over the future of the site after vowing to make the platform less ‘woke’ by prioritising freedom of speech and offering previously banned users an amnesty.

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