Elon Musk $41B offer for Twitter

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Byker28i said:

Twitter says their have reinstated their Global VP for Public Policy after an Irish court ruled that she could not be fired via a vague, generic, mass-firing email. She had to go to court...
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/new...

What on Earth does she think she has achieved with that? She'll be stuck in a corner while they do it all again the slow way.

You cannot make people employ you any more than you can make them work for you.

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iphonedyou said:

Vindication, I'd imagine.

Do we think her potential future employers will look on this as a character trait they want?

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LordFlathead said:

Redacted just went live with a stream from Musk unblocking previously blocked tweets.

"BREAKING! Elon Musk reveals Twitter Corruption in Hunter Biden Laptop Story..."

36 tweets from a noteworthy journalist Matt Taibbi

Nothing much to note other than a Biden at a coke party with hookers.. and then the mass hysteria trying to cover up the story and redact it from the public view. I just hope Musk does not become another JFK.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7nWH8M6bhY

3 hours live seems a bit dedicated! You can just read them yourselves in 5 mins here -
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/159882295986668...

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Telling that it's straight to the ad hom.

Though mostly it's still lie by omission. The media that buried the Hunter Biden laptop story in time to influence the 2020 election were never going to report on how it was actually true and they buried it to influence the election. And they still mostly haven't.

I wonder what the second instalment will bring.

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voyds9 said:

People were upset that Elon would give everyone free speech

Now people are upset Elon may curtail some free speech on his platform

Sometimes it's hard to keep up.

Different people?

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And it seems former FBI lawyer James Baker was working at Twitter in a position to censor the recent information release. Now fired.


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16002370953640...

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The slightly delayed, and presumably unfiltered by the FBI, second release is via Bari Weiss -


https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1601007575633...
(5 mins read)

tl;dr -
Despite saying they don't shadow ban, there were multiple forms of reducing visibility. By tweet, topic, trend, account. It sounds like Head of Legal, Policy, and Trust (Vijaya Gadde) and Global Head of Trust & Safety (Yoel Roth) driving.

There is more to come, back to Taibbi next. First on Twitter - of course! - then they can publish wherever.

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rscott said:

Musk doesn't have a problem with that method though - hasn't he said anyone will be allowed to post what they like on Twitter, but they won't amplify the bad stuff?

"Freedom of speech, but not reach" is the phrase. Demonetized but not banned, or something. Not shadowbanned though -


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16010421251303...

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The third instalment is back to Matt Taibbi -
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/160135208361750...
(10 mins read)

It's on deplatforming Trump and the 2020 election. It sounds like all the US intelligence services were interfering.

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https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1601597516797...

Sounds like progress

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4th instalment is more Trump ban detail than anyone needs
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1601720...
(15 mins)

tl;dr - Led by Yoel Roth they created a policy for repeat offences to enable banning Trump then banned him for the first offence. @jack was on holiday.

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Byker28i said:

It should also be pointed out that Grumble is again bring sources with an agenda

Shellenberger tried to blame trumps insurrection on fake actors,hired to make trump look bad, claimed the Qanon Shamen Jacob Chansley was also hired...

https://archive.ph/c8PTf

I am not selecting these people. hth.


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16018129970887...

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This is going to be the bit I came for...


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16018941325736...

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_dobbo_ said:

You've been asked why, which I assume you wont answer, but it's pretty clear why.

More of Musk's "centrist" position exposed, it's quite clear now he's down the rabbit hole and a certain group of people will praise him so much for this he will never stop.

So to move on slightly - what do you think Musk wants Fauci prosecuted for?

I can't speak for Elon. I don't know other people's thoughts. Nor do I claim to.

Fauci funded the research that developed COVID-19. He was then instrumental in not just covering up the lab origins, but in discounting any alternative treatments until his favourite future vaccine tech was given the EUA. I think his actions have killed millions. I would love to see him get even a tiny fraction of what he deserves. Some truth getting out is a necessary first step, and I don't expect to hear any of that from the mainstream media these days. A Slack dump from Twitter may suffice.

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Voldemort said:

You need help. Seriously, you need professional help.

And what is your interest in Elon's purchase of Twitter, or his stance on free speech, or his releasing of information on how censorship worked there?

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jshell said:

I never cared much for Musk at all, but his releasing of the information showing how Twitter and others were used by the left to silence opposition, shut-down valid stories and in essence interfere in elections is wonderful to watch. I still don't trust him, but his actions seem to be triggering the authoritarian left and that's a great thing. People need to see all sides of any story. Crikey, even Zuckerberg admitted that he was asked by the FBI to attenuate the Hunter B laptop story!

I am under no illusions. He is billionaire class and will have an agenda, and priorities very different from mine.

But so far he has done what he claimed he wanted to do. Revealing the facts about who was being marginalized or suppressed, and who was driving all this, is a big part of it. Freedom of speech, freedom of information, and transparency going forward - we shall have to wait and see. Quite clearly some very powerful people don't want that.

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bhstewie said:

Pretty funny if the reports are true that accounts that shared the video of him being booed are being blocked/suspended.

Free speech right?

"If"


https://twitter.com/search?q=elon%20booed&src=...

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Byker28i said:

Well.someone is claiming it
https://twitter.com/AmoneyResists/status/160229479...

Well, "someone" should try clicking my link. To page after page of the video being posted.

There are claims that the original poster is removed, but I can't see how to verify that.

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_dobbo_ said:

Haha so your link is gospel because you can't (won't) verify the account that posted it was removed (it was).

Keep it up your devotion to Musk is amazing!

Sigh. Deep breath. Short words.

My link is a search to the video. That's why is has "search" and "elon" and "booed" in it. It shows page after page of people posting that video. On Twitter.

Some are claiming that the account that first posted the video was this one -


I do not know who first posted the video. I do not know why the CleoPat48937885 account does not exist. Either way, I cannot verify the claim.

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NRS said:

I thought he was getting rid of pedos on twitter?!

They were the pedos on twitter.