Last Monday, the 25th, it was announced that billionaire Elon Musk , founder of Tesla and SpaceX , received permission from Twitter to buy the platform for $44 billion. If the deal goes through, Musk will be the new owner of the social network, which currently has over 200 million users.
A major concern for those who disagree with the acquisition is that Elon Musk will allow hate speech and fake news to circulate on Twitter under the guise of "freedom of expression," given that the businessman has already declared himself an "absolutist of free speech.".
Using his own Twitter account, Gene Simmons congratulated Musk on the deal, but expressed concern about the same issue. “Fantastic news, at least for now at the start. @elonmusk is now the proud owner of @twitter. Freedom of speech is important, but hate speech and factual misinformation (lies) shouldn't be part of Freedom of Speech, in my humble opinion. Good luck to Elon,” wrote the KISS .
One internet user disagreed with Simmons and replied that freedom of speech is "all or nothing," to which the musician retorted impatiently: "You're talking bullshit. You don't have the right to stand up in the middle of a movie theater and yell 'fire' just because you want to. That's inciting a riot. You know that, right?"
Recently, Gene Simmons also commented on another issue that went viral on the internet: Mike Tyson 's assault on an airplane passenger. On that occasion, the musician showed support for the boxer, agreeing with a comment that Tyson had done "nothing wrong".
