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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  • cygon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.