Substack Stands Up For Free Speech in Jab at Twitter’s Speech Regulations

Published: April 7, 2022

Substack Stands Up For Free Speech in Jab at Twitter’s Speech Regulations

By Movieguide® Staff

Substack, an online service that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure for subscription newsletters, recently took a shot at Twitter for its views on free speech.

Following Elon Musk’s condemnation of Twitter’s regulation on speech and subsequent purchase of a 9.2% stake, many Twitter employees announced their reservation from the company.

Substack VP of communications, Lulu Cheng Meservey, encouraged former Twitter employees who had a problem with Musk’s push for “less regulated speech,” to look elsewhere for a job.

“Substack is hiring! If you’re a Twitter employee who’s considering resigning because you’re worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech… please do not come work here,” she wrote in a tweet. “But for everybody else, we really are hiring! Join a talented, determined, passionate, motley team of all backgrounds and beliefs. We debate respectfully, execute maniacally, and live to serve writers and podcasters.”

“It was a lighthearted poke at Twitter, but of course we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with a wide range of beliefs and opinions, because diversity is strength,” Meservey told The Daily Wire of her meaning behind the tweet. “But working at Substack only makes sense if you support the ideas relating to our core mission, including that what you read matters, that writers do important work and deserve to be paid well for it, and that healthy discourse needs to allow for respectful disagreement.”

The Substack website reads:

We started Substack because we believe that what you read matters and that good writing is valuable.

We believe that writers, bloggers, thinkers, and creatives of every background should be able to pursue their curiosity, generating income directly from their own audiences and on their own terms.

Musk’s acquisition has made waves across the social media and tech worlds.

Movieguide® previously reported:

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who is candid about his views on free speech, recently became the largest shareholder of the social media platform Twitter.

Musk recently called out the social media company for its stringent policies on users’ free speech and even debated creating a social media competitor.

“Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,” he wrote on Twitter. “What should be done?”

Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.

Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2022

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