Apr 27

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Elon Musk May Turn the Digital Town Square into a Colosseum

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Ten years ago, Google did something unprecedented for a giant tech company. It blacked out the landing page for search and replaced it with a call to action, urging people to email their elected representatives in Congress to stop legislation…

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Elon Musk May Turn the Digital Town Square into a Colosseum

The world’s richest man could use Twitter to radically disrupt politics

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