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Tech giant Apple has threatened to withhold Twitter from its app store, according to Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk. The billionaire added: \u201cThis is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The battle for free speech has escalated for Elon Musk and his newly acquired social media company as Apple has threatened to withhold Twitter from its app store, Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk revealed Monday, noting that Apple will not say why.<\/p>\n In a follow-up tweet, Musk confirmed that Apple is \u201cmaking moderation demands.\u201d<\/p>\n According to reports, Apple was one of Twitter\u2019s top advertisers, spending more than $100 million per year advertising on the social media platform. However, Musk tweeted Monday:<\/p>\n Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Replying to Musk asking who else has been withheld by Apple, blockchain firm LBRY shared: \u201cDuring Covid, Apple demanded our apps filter some search terms from being returned. If we did not filter the terms, our apps would not be allowed in the store. Apple may make good products, but they have been opposed to free speech for some time.\u201d The company added, \u201cApple disallowed almost anything related to Covid, especially vaccines or human origins of the virus,\u201d elaborating:<\/p>\n We had to build a list of over 20 terms to not show results for, only on Apple devices. Apple also later rejected us because users included Pepe images in videos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In addition, Musk tweeted: \u201cDid you know Apple puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store?\u201d According to Apple\u2019s website, the company takes a 30% \u201cprocessing\u201d fee from all sales made through its in-app purchase system.<\/p>\n As the free speech discussion intensified, a Twitter user warned Musk: \u201cIs this really a fight we want to pick? An awful lot of your Tesla customers use iOS to access their cars \u2026 if that app gets pulled, it\u2019ll significantly impact your ability to sell to Apple customers.\u201d Musk replied: \u201cAre you suggesting Apple would use its duopolist powers to hurt Tesla?\u201d<\/p>\n As the free speech discussion deepened, Musk tweeted that if free speech is lost in the U.S. then tyranny is all that lies ahead, stressing that this is a battle for the future of civilization.<\/p>\n The Tesla executive asked in another tweet: \u201cWhy are so many in the media against free speech? This is messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n Many people joined in the free speech thread. \u201cMonopolies should be subject to the same limits we placed on our government in the Bill of Rights,\u201d the pro-bitcoin CEO of Microstrategy, Michael Saylor, opined. \u201cMake no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.\u201d Musk agreed, tweeting: \u201cAbsolutely, especially if done in collusion with the government.\u201d<\/p>\n Musk said Friday that he will make an alternative phone<\/a> if Apple and Google boot Twitter from their app stores.<\/p>\nApple\u2019s Threat to Musk and Twitter<\/h2>\n
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