Amidst Anti-Trust Talks, Musk Says Apple ‘Never Considered’ Removing Twitter from App Store

Published Dec. 1, 2022, 9:33 a.m. ET | Updated Dec. 1, 2022

Elon Musk. (Daniel Oberhaus, 2018)
Elon Musk. (Daniel Oberhaus, 2018)

CUPERTINO, Calif. (FLV) – Amidst Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rhetoric calling for congressional consideration of looking into anti-trust law if Apple removed Elon Musk’s Twitter from the App Store, the richest man said Apple has no plans to remove the social media app.

Nov. 29, DeSantis issued fiery statements calling for Congress to look into an anti-trust response to Apple if they were to move forward with removing Twitter from their app store. “That would be a huge, huge mistake, and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power that I think would merit a response from the United States Congress,” he said.

Musk sounded the alarm on rumors Apple could pull the plug on Twitter, saying on Nov. 28, “Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why.”

He called for Apple to “publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers” and retweeted prominent figures like Lex Friedman calling for Apple to support “free speech.”

Musk published a video the day after DeSantis’ viral comments of Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino.

Several hours later, Musk said he met with CEO Tim Cook and resolved the “misunderstanding” that Apple could remove Twitter from the store.

“Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so,” he explained.

“They get a lot of benefits from the government […] They turn around and they use that protection to marginalize voices they disagree with […] [Congress needs] to look at anti-trust,” DeSantis remarked on Tucker Carlson Tonight.

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