Musk emerging as Twitter's chief moderator before US midterms

Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the US midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics.

Musk has said he will not make major decisions about content or restoring banned accounts before setting up a “content moderation council” with diverse viewpoints. But his own behaviour as a prolific tweeter has signalled otherwise.

He has engaged directly with figures on the political right who are appealing for looser restrictions, including a Republican candidate for Arizona secretary of state who credited Musk with enabling him to begin tweeting again after his account was briefly suspended Monday.

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