Tesla founder Elon Musk set off a torrent of speculation after he posted a poll about Twitter and freedom of speech, which he said would be consequential.
Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, asked his 79 million Twitter followers whether they think the social media giant is facilitating free speech. As of Friday afternoon, about 1.2 million people had responded to the informal survey with a vast majority, nearly 70%, pushing back on the notion.
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