Mark Jamison
Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison

A New Twitter Is a Threat to Meta, Not to Democracy

With Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter, many are worried about what that could mean for speech on the platform. Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison says they shouldn’t be worried, unless they are Mark Zuckerberg. 

“Who should be afraid of a Musk-led Twitter, however, is Meta — a company that Musk says gives him ‘the willies.’ A Musk-led Twitter ultimately could attract more users and move into the metaverse more seamlessly than Meta — putting the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant under greater competitive pressure than ever before.”

Read more of Jamison’s insights in this opinion piece from AEI