Elon Musk’s Digs at Twitter, Web 3, and NFTs: A Lookback

In December last year, Musk posted a meme comparing new Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal with Joseph Stalin.

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By Reuters | Updated: 5 April 2022 11:57 IST
Highlights
  • Elon Musk wants Twitter to adhere to free speech principles
  • Musk has previously called himself a "free speech absolutist"
  • He and Jack Dorsey share skepticism around the metaverse, NFTs and Web3

Elon Musk is known for sharing his opinions and memes on his Twitter account

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In the run-up to Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's public disclosure of a $3 billion (roughly Rs. 22,700 crore) stake in Twitter, the billionaire had criticized the microblogging site for failing to adhere to free speech principles and said he was contemplating building a new social media platform.

The world's richest person in the past months has said he is a free speech absolutist, while being vocal against Web3, a term for a utopian version of the internet that is decentralized and whose commercial backbone is the non-fungible tokens (NFT).

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Musk, though active proponents of cryptocurrencies, share skepticism around the metaverse, NFTs and Web3, what some deem to be the evolution of the internet.

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From ridiculing Twitter's new CEO to calling NFT profile pictures "annoying", here's a list of Musk's tweets and comments on Twitter, Web3, NFTs and free speech.

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