ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pietro Dunn

Pietro Dunn is a PhD candidate in “Law, Science and Technology” at the University of Bologna (Italy) and at the University of Luxembourg. His research focuses on Internet governance and online freedom of expression, with a special eye to automated content moderation and hate speech regulation.

POSTS BY Pietro Dunn

21 April 2022

Giovanni De Gregorio, Pietro Dunn, Oreste Pollicino

Shareholder Power as a Constitutionalising Force: Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy Twitter

On 14 April 2022, billionaire Elon Musk came with one of his extravagant ideas: he offered to buy Twitter. According to Musk, who is already majority shareholder, the bid was motivated by his will to fully “unlock” the online platform’s potential as a space for free speech across the globe. This episode calls for a reflection on the future of online platforms as digital spaces for the flourishing of public debate and democracy. Continue reading >>