Ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson has announced he is launching a new show on Twitter.
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, however, said Twitter had not signed a deal with the host, who would be subject to the same rules as other “content creators”, BBC news reported.
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,” Carlson said in the video.
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 sudden announcement of Carlson’s departure came shortly after Fox News paid $787 million to settle a defamation suit brought by voting machine company Dominion.
In the suit, Dominion argued its business was harmed by Fox spreading false claims that its machines had been rigged against former President Donald Trump.
The case prompted disclosures of text messages that publicly aired Carlson’s private views about Trump and his colleagues at Fox.
The 53-year-old was a popular presenter on Fox News, with his shows frequently setting the agenda for conservatives and, by extension, the Republican party.
Mask 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.
“I also want to be clear that we have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever. Tucker is subject to the same rules & rewards of all content creators,” the statement said.
The Wall Street Journal – owned by News Corp, which also owns Fox News – reported last month that Carlson’s contract was worth about $20 million a year.
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