Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
gizmodo.com Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
- Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
- Musk's personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
- Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.
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Considering that...
- The Republicans encouraged him multiple times to buy it
- He quickly stopped blocking (mainly Russian) state-sponsored social manipulation campaigns
- He allowed right wing agitators back on the platform
- He almost immediately banned droves of journalists that weren't blindly Pro-Russia and Pro-GOP.
- He censored / banned all kinds of activists that pushed back against authoritarian (Russia-backed) regimes in other countries
...I have a hunch that he also served the interests of certain political actors with the acquisition. Public town square my lower backside.
Didn't they hang dissenters in public squares back in the old days?
He just didn't clarify when!
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