Joe Rogan and Elon Musk voice their unpopular opinions on social media manipulation and censorship: "Combined government effort"

Elon Musk recently appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast this week, and both men have since made headlines when they shared their takes on censorship and social media.

Rogan has long praised Musk for his efforts to preserve freedom of speech, following his acquisition of X (formerly Twitter) back in 2022. The Tesla CEO spent $44 billion for complete ownership of the platform. He has spent the time to make X the biggest platform in the world for free speech and credible news.

Elon Musk then appeared on episode #2223 of the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE), with the pair spending a majority of the time discussing social media manipulation and the current state of freedom of speech, following his changes to X. Rogan then started off the conversation by saying:

"I'm not exaggerating when I say I think you've changed the course of history. I really do. I think you made a fork in the road, we were heading down a path of censorship and control of narratives...What they were doing with social media by surpressing information, it was a combined government effort."

Musk responded:

"The reason I bought it [X/Twitter] was because I was one of the most active users before the acquistion...I was very attuned that if they changed the system I could tell immediately and when they de-platformed the sitting president [Donald Trump at the time], that was just insane."

Check out their comments here (11:15):

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Dana White thanks Joe Rogan following Donald Trump's presidential victory

Dana White recently thanked Joe Rogan and a host of other internet personalities, after the UFC CEO gave an impassioned speech following Donald Trump's presidential victory. Earlier this week, Trump won his second term as the president, after he defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. elections.

White, who is a close friend of both Trump and Rogan, gave his speech at the Republican victory party at Mar-a-Lago. He opted to praise Rogan alongside a host of other names, thanking them for providing Donald Trump with unbiased platforms in the lead up to the election. He said:

"I want to thank some people real quick. I want to thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin' with the Boys... And last but not the least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan. And thank you America, thank you. Have a good night."

Check out Dana White's comments here: