After highlighting issues with Apple’s ad spend and App Store practices, Twitter-owner Elon Musk now says the misunderstandings have been resolved following a meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Park in Cupertino, California.
Earlier in the week, Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking whether people wanted Apple to “publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers” and said that Apple “threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store” without giving a reason.
Musk took to Twitter to post a video of a short but serene scene on the smartphone giant’s Cupertino, Calif., campus, with a message thanking Apple CEO Tim Cook for showing him around. Notably, the tweet was identified as posted via “Twitter for iPhone.”
Given Musk’s recent meeting with Cook and his more subdued tone in Wednesday’s tweet, it’s possible that Twitter’s new owner will opt to work out his issues with Apple more privately going forward. But one can never really know with Musk, who isn’t shy about waging public spats on a dime.
MacDailyNews Note: Musk’s tweets:
Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2022
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Things got all sweet and rosy in hurry. I doubt we’re getting the whole story
Why do people, who should know better, think freedom of speech is an absolute right? A private enterprise can impose whatever rules it chooses on a platform that it built and owns.
No, free speech is free speech. You are not free to deny free speech nor freedom.
No, the First Amendment does not limit private employers. The Bill of Rights — and the First Amendment — limit only government actors, not private actors. This means that private employers can restrict employee speech in the workplace, and they are free to limit the content on their sites without without running afoul of the First Amendment.
Freedoms are not absolute. Why so many people are so ignorant of this is beyond me.
Only absolute when it comes to leftist view and hatred. Otherwise, it’s banned or shadow banned
Funny before Elon took over Twitter, that was the supposed sentiment but when it was official in Elon owning Twitter, everyone was decrying about the “increase hate speech and misinformation” appearing on the platform.