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Khan: Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover shows why Canada must regulate social media now

Voices from racialized communities, anti-racism activists and the political left are saying that restrictions must be maintained on those voices that use the platform to propagate hate, xenophobia and disinformation. Many on the political right, free-speech extremists and far-right voices are rejoicing at the prospect that Twitter under Musk’s ownership will become a space for unrestricted speech, where anything one can say is acceptable.

That is a lie: Musk has stated very clearly that he intended to allow all legal speech.

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