Gary Lineker dubs Elon Musk ‘strange chap’ as he shares Twitter concerns: ‘Be careful'

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Gary Lineker, 61, spoke openly on The News Agents podcast where he said that Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could have a negative impact as he drew attention to the fine line between freedom of speech and hate speech.The Match of the Day presenter said that the CEO of Tesla Motors needs to be very careful before saying that in his opinion Elon, 51, isn’t that good at Twitter anyway.“He is kind of a strange chap,” Gary started by saying to podcast presenters Lewis Goodall and Emily Maitlis.“If you are going to spend 40 odd billion on Twitter you ought to be really good at tweeting but I have not been overly impressed so far.”Chuckling to himself, Gary went on to say that he was unsure if the policy of paying $8 a month (£7) for individuals to keep their blue tick was “actually going to be a thing”.Seemingly unbothered about keeping his verified blue tick or not, Emily then posed the question to Gary if he thinks that Twitter will change at all under the control of Elon.To which Gary replied: “I think he needs to be very careful because there is a big difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.“I think you need to differentiate between the two.“You can’t just let people say and do whatever they want, that is dangerous isn’t it?”Gary’s hesitancy towards Elon comes after the multi-billionaire has dissolved Twitter’s board of directors, making him chief executive of three companies alongside Tesla and SpaceX.Alongside this is Elon’s well known proposal for Twitter’s future, making it a haven for “free speech”.Having not revealed how he intends to make it so, the businessman has said publicly that the site will be “forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints”.In a recent tweet, Elon, who has 113.