- Elon Musk has teased the release of "the Twitter Files" about "free speech suppression."
- Musk is a self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" and has said he plans to embrace free speech on Twitter.
Elon Musk has teased the release of what he described as "the Twitter Files" about "free speech suppression" by the social-media platform.
Twitter's new owner $4 on Monday: "The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened …"
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) $4
The tweet lacked any specifics, and it isn't clear what "suppression" Musk is referring to.
Twitter and other social-media companies routinely remove accounts and content, or hand information to governments and law enforcement, in compliance with local laws and their own policies. The company discloses these takedowns and information requests in a high-level summary $4.
Musk's "Twitter files" tweet on Monday night $4. Musk, a self-proclaimed "free-speech absolutist" $4 the tech giant has "mostly stopped" advertising on Twitter. He also $4 that Apple threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store without telling the company why.
He wrote: "Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?" He also tagged the company's CEO Tim Cook in a reply, demanding a personal explanation.
Musk ended the string of tweets on Monday by claiming his self-declared "war" with Apple was "a battle for the future of civilization." $4: "If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead."
The Tesla CEO has been a longtime advocate of "free speech", although experts routinely question $4.
Since taking over the social-media platform, Musk has reinstated multiple suspended Twitter users including former $4
The billionaire also plans to offer a $4, with employees already referring to the plan as "the Big Bang," according to a $4.
Representatives for Twitter did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.