Musk Says His China Interests Won’t Affect His Free Speech Stance on Twitter

Musk Says His China Interests Won’t Affect His Free Speech Stance on Twitter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin on March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on Tuesday said he has no problem balancing his planned acquisition of Twitter with his business dealings in China.

When attending the Qatar Economic Forum via video link, Musk was asked if he could balance his stance on free speech in the Twitter bid and his Tesla’s interests in China whose ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a record of censoring content deemed harmful to its image.