--- title: "Elon Musk's comment Twitter Must Be Political Neutral to Gain Public Trust" description: "Elon Musk after taking the control of the giant social media platform Twitter said it should be Political Neutral for gaining Public Trust." author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2022-04-28 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1601/elon-musk-s-comment-twitter-must-be-political-neutral-to-gain-public-trust category: "twitter" tags: ["twitter api", "twitter", "technology", "technology news", "social media platform"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Elon Musk's comment Twitter Must Be Political Neutral to Gain Public Trust **[Elon Musk](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1565/elon-musk-s-forced-settlement-with-us-securities-regulator-over-tesla-tweets)**, after taking control of giant social [media platform](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156104/what-are-the-social-media-platform-used-for-seo) **Twitter,** says Twitter must be politically neutral to gain [public trust](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81322/us-police-is-losing-public-trust-due-to-derek-chauvin). He further said Twitter must upset the far right and the far left equally. ## Highlights ``` Shareholders of Twitter will receive $ 54.20 (Rs. 4,150) in cash CEO of Twitter Parag Agrawal feels proud of Twitter’s Employees Jack Dorsey’s series of Tweets Supporting Musk’s move ``` **Also Read: [Musk's Bid to Buy Twitter: CEO Parag Agrawal is likely to get $42 Million if Terminated](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1597/musk-s-bid-to-buy-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-is-likely-to-get-42-million-if-terminated)** Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, after taking control of Twitter, stated for the microblogging site to deserve public trust, Twitter must be politically neutral. He said “for Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally,” said Musk. On Monday, Twitter confirmed the sale of the platform to **[Musk for $ 44 billion](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1567/musk-wants-twitter-as-an-arena-for-free-speech-hence-offered-43-billion-for-the-twitter-platform)** (Rs. 3, 37,250). Twitter’s purchasing deal involves some conditions and under the deal, shareholders will receive $54.20 (Rs. 4,150) in cash for each share of Twitter stock they own. If we match Twitter’s previous share price before Musk revealed its stake, it rose around 38 percent. Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter said he was proud of the [employees](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44463/business-to-business-vat-reclaiming-a-guide-for-your-employees) for keeping their [attention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45144/what-is-a-calling-attention) on work with full focus and urgency despite the noise. He Tweeted “I took this job to change Twitter for the better, course-correct where we need to strengthen the service. Proud of our people who continue to do the work with focus and urgency despite the noise,” Agrawal said. Musk’s move was also getting support from the EX CEO of Twitter, **[Jack Dorsey’s series of tweets](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1598/twitter-s-singular-solution-is-elon-musk-says-twitter-s-ex-ceo-jack-dorsey)** in which he wrote about the move. Dorsey Tweeted “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a [protocol](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/55090/what-is-stateless-protocol) level, not a company. Solving the problem of it being a company, however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.” Zack Dorsey the maverick Co-Founder of Twitter, suddenly announced his resignation from Twitter on November 29, 2021. Earlier the CTO of the company Parag Agrawal was named his replacement. **Also Read: ['Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds,' says Elon Musk on Twitter](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1576/board-salary-will-be-0-if-my-bid-succeeds-says-elon-musk-on-twitter)** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1601/elon-musk-s-comment-twitter-must-be-political-neutral-to-gain-public-trust Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.