Comment by JumpCrisscross a year ago
If the President had over Meta and X the sort of control the CCP has over TikTok, Instagram and Twitter would be banned in most countries. The only reason this is debated so much here is we’re (in my opinion correctly) very cautious about free speech.
> owner of X is in the government
One, he's not. Two, there is a massive difference between the owner of X being in the government and the government being in X. Three, the owner of every media platform is not in the government.
Not in the government. Analgous to the Federalist Society.
>about to be in the president’s cabinet
source? DOGE is not a real department and so he's not part of the cabinet.
rich people affecting government officials is as old as time, nothing new. what has never been true in the US is the ability for the gov to legally compel X/Meta to do their bidding, which is the whole issue with TikTok.
I believe theres a related argument that congress might be making here, idk.
The owner of X is in the government.