Musk, Zuckerberg and Free Speech

The billionaire owner of X has made misleading claims about Keir
Starmer’s handling of the grooming gangs scandal and Meta boss
Mark Zuckerberg has announced the end of independent
fact-checking on Meta’s platforms in the US. The move comes as
Zuckerberg and other tech executives seek to improve relations
with US President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office later
this month.


In this episode Amol and Nick talk to Vivian Schiller, former
head of news at Twitter, about what is happening to free speech
online. They also reflect on how Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and the Reform UK leader Nigel
Farage have reacted to Elon Musk’s intervention.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who
are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was
the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of
the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University
Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he
was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also
previously worked as ITV’s political editor.


This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Nadia Gyane and Grace
Reeve. Digital production was by Nadia Gyane. The technical
producer was Jonny Baker. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.