Washington, United States
Donald Trump Jr., the son of US President Donald Trump, asked the richest man in the world, businessman Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, create a social network to replace Twitter, who recently vetoed his father after the events that took place on Capitol Hill last week.
The businessman also questioned the decisions that technology giants addressed the president, claiming that Trump “incited violence” during the takeover of Congress, which five people died.
“I wanted to think of something to deal with the stupid censorship that’s going on right now, and obviously I was just aiming for one way. Why doesn’t Elon Musk create a social networking platform?” Donald Jr. said in the video. posted on Facebook.
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“I mean, this guy took people into space. He did it privately. He stood up in front of the big government and did it better, cheaper and faster than they could ever do. That’s the guy who does it.” , he said.
The eldest son of the US president explained that he is not looking for a conservative poll house, but a platform to debate ideas against those of another person. “I don’t want a place to tell me what to listen to,” he said.
He harshly questioned Twitter for censoring and blocking his father’s favorite social network. In addition, he denounced the platform for becoming a “de facto arbiter of freedom of expression”.
The controversy over censorship and freedom of expression on the internet spread after Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Youtube, will make the decision to endlessly close the social profiles of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. On the other hand, the application stores Google and Apple they removed Parler, an app used by conservatives and supporters of the president.