Former Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro dey urge Elon Musk make he clean up X (formerly Twitter) wey he dey call 'cesspool'. He dey want make Musk ban anonymous users and 'foreigners' from the platform.
Navarro ein call dey come after Musk encourage conservatives make dey 'fight back' against people wey dey support the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a popular MAGA personality. Musk and some Trump administration members dey accuse left-wing people say dem dey elevate political violence by refusing to condemn the shooting.
Navarro, wey be 76 years, believe say Musk for start by 'fighting back' on ein own platform. He post for X say:
'My friend, @ElonMusk. How about you start fighting back by cleaning up the cesspool otherwise known as X. No more anonymous posts. No more foreigners swarming your platform and polluting our political discourse. X has become a breeding ground and grooming Academy for the very dark forces. You wanna fight back. Physician, heal itself. Elon, heal X'
Musk take over X for 2022 with the intention make e be platform for free speech, because he believe say dem dey censor conservative ideology for mainstream social media.
But since Musk take over, some studies show say hate speech and interactions with posts wey dey contain hate speech don increase.
Since Musk acquire X, e don become more popular social media platform for conservative figures. He don reinstate accounts wey belong to notable conservative figures like Donald Trump, Alex Jones, Jordan Peterson, Kanye West, Andrew Tate, and others.
Reactions to Navarro ein Demands
Navarro ein demands get plenty backlash from social media users across the political spectrum.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) mock am say, 'Careful @elonmusk – I think he might want to slap a tariff on you or something,' while First Amendment lawyer Adam Steinbaugh comment say, ''No more foreigners' on the internet, argues serious person.'
Navarro make similar comments for Piers Morgan Uncensored. He say:
'Elon, come on. Let’s get real, brother. X is the biggest cesspool of violent rhetoric in the country other than Facebook and if you want to make a real contribution, Elon, clean that damn thing up. And I’ll tell you, Piers, here’s what should be done on X and Facebook and everywhere else. No more anonymity. No more hiding behind the mask of anonymity on social media.'
Navarro conclude say, 'If you won’t say something to somebody’s face in a civil setting, then you damn well shouldn’t be allowed to say it on X or Facebook or Instagram.'