Frontline, Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 9 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 2 AM

A revelatory and authoritative two-hour FRONTLINE documentary, ELON MUSK’S TWITTER TAKEOVER, investigates Musk’s journey from one of the platform’s most provocative
users to its owner — and probes the far-reaching impact his decisions have already had on post-COVID American politics, speech and culture.

Packed with remarkable interviews and firsthand accounts from Musk’s former colleagues, journalists, authors and academics, it’s a gripping portrait of one of the most influential men and mediums in modern history.

As it traces two parallel stories — Musk’s political transformation during the COVID pandemic and Twitter’s struggle to deal with misinformation — the documentary pulls back
the curtain on the influential social media platform’s inner workings both before and after Musk’s takeover. In extraordinary, in-depth interviews, former Twitter employees give
remarkable first-person accounts of how controversial content moderation decisions were made in the pre-Musk era, including the banning of former President Donald Trump after Jan. 6, 2021.

Former employees and other sources also detail impulsive changes Musk made inside Twitter, now renamed X, after his takeover, shedding new light on the questions about free speech, hate speech and safety that have marked Musk’s tenure at the helm of the platform.