Elon Musk is waffling on his US$44bil (RM194.4bil) purchase of Twitter, citing concerns that the company misrepresented the number of bots — or automated accounts — on the platform. Musk used to maintain an online facade of being apolitical, but his Twitter-flurries since April have provided clarity to some of his social and political beliefs. For the sake of Black and brown Twitter users who use the platform to discuss social issues, myself included, I hope the deal falls apart. The groups subjected to it most are people of colour, particularly Black women, meaning those with the heavy burden of carrying social justice movements are also likely to be harassed into silence on Twitter. Musk’s multibillion comments may formally be formally . . .
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