DeSantis pressed further than most GOP officials. Dangling the Florida pension fund’s investments in the company, the governor vowed to turn the country’s third largest state against Twitter’s boar…
for the announcement on the site he now owns after a $44 billion sale. But the event was delayed by glitches on the site, with moderator and tech mogul David Sacks blaming heavy traffic “melting the servers” at Twitter.
It also conveniently elevates him on a platform that once catapulted Donald Trump into GOP stardom before he was banned from the site in the wake of the events on January 6, 2021, and was forced to start a rival platform. A super PAC supporting Trump blasted the choice as “one of the most out-of-touch campaign launches in modern history.” Meanwhile, on the other end of the GOP, former US Rep. Adam Kinzinger questioned the choice of moderator, venture capitalist David Sacks.
Seven months after Musk leveraged his fortune to acquire Twitter and promised to make the social media site “better than ever,” Twitter’s future has never been less certain. Advertisers and users have fled the platform under Musk’s erratic leadership, including his elevation of conspiracy theories and engagement with far-right figures.
As governor, DeSantis has repeatedly sparred with social media platforms and tech companies for perceived censorship of conservative voices, and in 2021, he championed a new state law that made it illegal for tech platforms to block or demote content that might otherwise run afoul of their terms of service and provided an avenue for some individuals to sue.
DeSantis himself has also previously suggested he has had minimal engagement with the website. After his official gubernatorial account drew criticism for posting that “voting is a privilege,” DeSantis distanced himself from the message by revealing he doesn’t compose his own Tweets.
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