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Response to widespread grievances across the Arab world, including corruption, authoritarianism, high unemployment, poverty, and a lack of human dignity and political freedom. -
Adapted a pre-existing "cold water challenge" to raise awareness and funds for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. -
To modernize data protection laws, give individuals more control over their personal data, and create a unified data privacy standard across all EU member states. It addresses the significant increase in personal data collection and processing in the digital age, replacing the outdated 1995 Data Protection Directive with stronger rules for data handling and enhanced individual rights, such as the right to access, rectify, and delete one's data. -
To transform it into a privately held company and a global platform for free speech, which he felt was mismanaged and needed to be more closely aligned with free speech principles. He also aimed to clean up spam and make Twitter a more functional "digital town square" and eventually an "everything app".