Biden Frets That Free Speech ‘Absolutist’ Elon Musk Bought Twitter That ‘Spews Lies’

Biden Frets That Free Speech ‘Absolutist’ Elon Musk Bought Twitter That ‘Spews Lies’
President Joe Biden speaks during an event in support of the re-election campaign of Rep. Mike Levin, at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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President Joe Biden fretted over Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter in remarks at a Democratic fundraiser on Friday, saying “we are all worried” that Musk—a self-avowed free speech “absolutist”—bought a platform that “spews lies across the world.”

Biden made the remarks at a Democratic fundraiser in Rosemont, Illinois, on the same day that Twitter laid off half of its workforce but said cuts were smaller among staff responsible for content moderation and preventing the spread of misinformation.

Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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