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sptrawler said:
Elon in the cross hairs for "cancelling".
The mob are getting agitated, wont be long and the pitchforks will come out of the closets IMO, he has upset the 'powers that be'. ?

www.smh.com.au

Elon Musk loudly booed on stage at Dave Chappelle show

The controversial comedian asked the audience to “make some noise for the richest man in the world”. They certainly did.
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It's not the powers that be, its ordinary people. if he went to a Trump rally he would be cheered.
 
Knobby22 said:
Check out DBs comments.
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Yes, but is all the hate because he is taking a lot of the regulation off twitter and stripping down the bloat, because it wasn't long ago he was the green team pin up boy with E.V's re usable rockets etc.
If it is because he isn't toeing the our way or the highway fanatics, well it just shows how one eyed they are, you can only bring about so much change by denying your opposition a voice, eventually the silenced group get angry and then trouble starts IMO.
 
sptrawler said:
eventually the silenced group get angry and then trouble starts IMO.
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Yes, very true.
Elon is going with the loud hating mob eg Fauci, FBI etc. in pursuit of profit but the silent majority will express their opinion if given the chance in the flesh.

Think he got a wake up call.
My son used to be a massive fan.
 
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Knobby22 said:
Yes, very true.
Elon is going with the loud hating mob eg Fauci, FBI etc. in pursuit of profit but the silent majority will express their opinion if given the chance in the flesh.

Think he got a wake up call.
My son used to be a massive fan.
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Interesting.
 
Aaaaaaand as predicted.... Yep - 'safety' used as an excuse by the new Twitter bosses to ban accounts and censor free speech. Just as the old twitter guard used 'safety' to ban accounts they didn't like. I hope for fun CNN or some other liberal site puts a widget up on their website or TV channel tracking Elon's private airplane.

Elon can't claim he's worried for his safety then go on stage at a Dave Chapelle event...
The Triangle said:
Twitter needed change. Any change will do.

But do people honestly believe Musk - who has thin skin and a long-long history of going after anyone who criticizes or disagrees with him is really going to make Twitter a free-speech zone? I think we're more likely to just see the censorship shift to the other side of the spectrum. Especially look at the past week - the world / media certainly turned on him with the Ukraine comments. How do we know he won't start rigging the polls on twitter in his favour? Anyways seems too late to influence mid-terms.

And all these years I thought kim dotcom was in jail. Learn something new every day.
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The Triangle said:
People are confusing the issues here... Free speech is a two part issue - part one is being able to say what you want, part two is the consequences (or lack of) for what you say. I'm sure Elon will let anyone post anything. But he'll also probably have no issue going after people for what they post.

The threat of financial ruin works with a greater efficiency then the threat of being locked out of twitter or facebook. The LNP know this very well.
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Oh and he's going to sue the kid too? Sounds like Liberal party material to me!
www.bbc.com

Elon Musk taking legal action over Twitter account that tracks his private jet

Twitter's owner says an account tracking his private jet has put his son's safety at risk.
www.bbc.com
 
The Triangle said:
Aaaaaaand as predicted.... Yep - 'safety' used as an excuse by the new Twitter bosses to ban accounts and censor free speech. Just as the old twitter guard used 'safety' to ban accounts they didn't like. I hope for fun CNN or some other liberal site puts a widget up on their website or TV channel tracking Elon's private airplane.
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Yep he's toast, the mob are after him, wont be long before GM and Ford will get to bail out Tesla.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. ?

Elon Musk bans critical journalists from Twitter​

The reporters, from the New York Times, CNN and more, had been tweeting about the billionaire’s private jet.

www.theguardian.com

Elon Musk sells new $3.6bn tranche of Tesla shares

Latest selloff takes total sale this year to $23bn and follows loss of world’s richest man title
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

www.reuters.com

Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

www.reuters.com

Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims

The U.S. Department of Justice launched the probe last year following more than a dozen crashes, some fatal, involving Tesla’s driver assistance system Autopilot, people familiar with the matter say.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

 
sptrawler said:
Yep he's toast, the mob are after him, wont be long before GM and Ford will get to bail out Tesla.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. ?

Elon Musk bans critical journalists from Twitter​

The reporters, from the New York Times, CNN and more, had been tweeting about the billionaire’s private jet.

www.theguardian.com

Elon Musk sells new $3.6bn tranche of Tesla shares

Latest selloff takes total sale this year to $23bn and follows loss of world’s richest man title
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

www.reuters.com

Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

www.reuters.com

Exclusive: Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims

The U.S. Department of Justice launched the probe last year following more than a dozen crashes, some fatal, involving Tesla’s driver assistance system Autopilot, people familiar with the matter say.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

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Meanwhile, normal people are seeing through the narrative and enjoying the new Twitter.

 
wayneL said:
Meanwhile, normal people are seeing through the narrative and enjoying the new Twitter.
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There is a lot of money to made, from sending Musk bankrupt. ;)

Step 1, get the fan club against him. Check
Step 2, get the establishment against him. Check
Step 3, get the bankers against him. Hmm they weigh up the risk reward, so the decision will wait, many who bet against him before lost badly. ?
 
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Well if it's true and I'm not saying it is, no high profile person would want a social media thread that accurately pinpointed their location.
Really the general public weren't happy with the Government covid tracking apps, that pinpointed peoples locations and were used for legitimate reasons.
I haven't followed Musk's career because I'm a bit staid/conservative in my thinking, but since this twitter episode, it has become an interesting subject to watch unfold. :2twocents
 

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