A lot has happened since Elon Musk took over as Twitter’s CEO in October 2022. Under Musk’s tenure, Twitter ended its COVID-19 misinformation policy, disbanded its trust and safety council and reversed bans on former President Donald Trump and far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. How is Musk’s relatively lax approach to content moderation impacting democracy and free speech? And what can the government do to hold social media platforms like Twitter accountable?
