by Conservative commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is launching a new version of his show on Twitter, he said Tuesday.
Speaking in a nearly three-minute video posted on the platform, Carlson gave few details about the show, offering a familiar critique to the media.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that Carlson would be subject to the same “rules and rewards” as all users, including subscription revenue and “Community Notes,” the platform’s content moderation feature.
“I also want to be clear that we have not signed any kind of agreement,” Musk said.
Carlson and Fox “agreed to separate” last month for reasons neither he nor the network specified after the network announced it had agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million after the company sued Fox for defamation.
A Fox spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Carlson’s attorney also did not respond to a request for comment.
“Tucker Carlson Tonight,” which had been on Fox News since 2016, was one of the most-watched shows on American cable news.
Carlson was known for promoting conspiracy theories and misinformation, such as the racist “great replacement” theory, found on fringe sites like 4chan. Carlson also used his platform to address people.
A former Carlson producer, Abby Grossberg, alleged in a lawsuit that she fostered a work environment that “subjugated women based on vile sexist stereotypes, pigeonholed religious minorities and belittled their traditions, and showed little or no regard for the mental health”.
A spokeswoman for the network disputed Grossberg’s claims, saying they are “rife with false accusations.”
Carlson is moving to Twitter as Musk’s public persona has veered sharply to the right and dabbled in fringe conspiracy theories in recent years, as detailed in his prolific tweets.
On Tuesday, Musk pushed a discredited theory that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg swung the 2020 election and cast doubt on reports showing the man who recently killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall was linked to extremist social media posts.
Daniel Arquin contributed.
