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Wheeler Suggests Musk’s Ideas About Regulation May Evolve at Twitter

Elon Musk’s leadership at Twitter will differ from his previous business ventures because he’s now operating in the heavily unregulated realm of social media, former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wrote Monday. A visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, Wheeler said…

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Musk is "now outside the rules-based worlds in which he has flourished." Musk, “who made his money in businesses governed by hard science and regulation” now must navigate a “messy reality where companies make money by selling advertisements to users attracted by virtually unbridled outrage, conflict, and misinformation,” Wheeler said.