https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1656037032538390530

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65536392

The announcement came in a video on the social media site two weeks after his sudden exit from Fox News. Carlson said: "You can't have a free society if people aren't allowed to say what they think is true." Elon Musk said Twitter had not signed a deal with the host, who would be subject to the same rules as other "content creators". On Tuesday, Carlson said he would be bringing a "new version" of his show to Twitter soon in a message captioned "we're back". "Twitter has long served as the place where our national conversation incubates and develops," he says in the video. "Twitter is not a partisan site, everybody's allowed here, and we think that's a good thing." In April, Fox News announced in a brief statement that the network and Carlson had "agreed to part ways". His last TV programme for the network had aired just days prior. The 53-year-old was not just a popular presenter on Fox News - with more than three million viewers tuning in on an average night - but also a hugely influential one. His shows frequently set the agenda for conservatives and, by extension, the Republican party. Mr Musk retweeted Carlson's video on Tuesday evening, along with a statement saying: "On this platform, unlike the one-way street of broadcast, people are able to interact, critique and refute whatever is said.

There's a lot of potential with this move. Unlike Television, being on the Internet gives you access to all corners of the world, 24/7, uninterrupted. People are also more likely to bump into your content via links being shared around whereas TV required people to tune into a certain channel and hope they don't switch it for 30 minutes.