'Is TikTok Destroying Civilization?' Tweets Elon Musk

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk shared a cryptic tweet early Saturday, asking if TikTok is "destroying civilization." "Or perhaps social media in general," he wrote in a subsequent tweet.

The tweet comes days after the tech tycoon during his first direct call with employees about his goals for the company once he assumes ownership said that he wanted the microblogging site to be more like TikTok and WeChat. 

"There's no WeChat equivalent outside of China. You basically live on WeChat in China. If we can recreate that with Twitter, we'll be a great success," he suggested during the virtual meeting.

According to The Verge, which first reported details of Musk's first direct call with Twitter employees, he responded to an employee's question on free speech by saying that people should be permitted to "say pretty outrageous things within the law" but that such speech must not always be amplified.