Billionaire Elon Musk appears to be in a fresh feud with Apple after he claimed that the company threatened to pull the Twitter app from its App Store.
Apple’s App Store has faced frequent challenges in the past due to high fees and strict policies, but it looks like the new “Chief Twit” plans to keep the heat on the company.
Elon Musk Claims Apple Is Threatening To Pull Twitter From Its App Store
Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
On Monday, Tesla CEO tweeted“Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why.”
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One user blamed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who took aim at Apple after the Capitol Riot on January 6.
Nice to see this development from @Apple. @GooglePlay what are you going to do about apps that are used to organize violence on your platform? https://t.co/wWVSERcRSH
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 8, 2021
It suggests that Apple has a history of monitoring the kind of “free speech” it will allow on its platform, and that Musk’s decision to reinstate former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account may have led to his decision to step back from social media. platform under Musk’s rule.
Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
Earlier on Monday, Musk tweeted, “Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate freedom of speech in America?” He then asked, “What’s going on here @tim_cook?”
Musk Claims ‘Tyranny’ Will Come If Free Speech Disappears
This is a battle for the future of civilization. If freedom of speech disappears even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 29, 2022
Elsewhere on Twitter, author Colin Wright tweeted, “The massive immune response we’ve seen from Left-wing media and Big Tech to @elonmusk’s commitment to free speech on Twitter should scare you. It has revealed their fanatical obsession for complete narrative control. This is a battle they cannot be allowed to win.”
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Musk, who recently revealed that he voted Republican in the last election, responded, “This is a battle for the future of civilization. If freedom of speech disappears even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.”
I’m not talking about Apple not advertising on Twitter, I’m referring to their insinuation that they might remove Twitter from their app store.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) November 28, 2022
Wright later clarified that he was not responding to Musk’s tweet about Apple not advertising on Twitter, but their possible decision to remove Twitter from their App Store entirely.
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A Twitter file on the suppression of free speech will soon be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
Musk then seemed to double down on his commitment to free speech by threatening to reveal the “Twitter File on suppression of free speech.” He tweeted, “Twitter files on suppression of free speech will soon be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened…”
They will all be made up! There was no suppression of free speech before you took over, it was suppression of speech that was fake news and inciting violence like Trump and Jordan Peterman’s tweets… fabricated evidence will only erode trust even more for Twitter
— Nomad (@Nomad_1x) November 28, 2022
Even so, at least one user is skeptical about what information Musk might reveal. “They will all be fake!” a user commented. “There was no crackdown on free speech before you took over, it was a crackdown on speech that was fake news and incitement to violence like Trump and Jordan Peterman’s tweets… fabricated evidence will only erode trust even more for Twitter.”
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Apple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
Meanwhile, Musk is asking Apple to do the same. On Monday, Musk created a poll, asking followers to vote “yes” or “no” if “Apple should publish all the censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers.”
An hour before the polls were about to close, 84.% of the 2,118,608 votes had said yes. However, it remains to be seen how Apple will respond.
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