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Elon & Twitter
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The government can't do that. That would be a 1A violation and they could be sued by the company they're trying to compel to suppress speech and they would lose. Remember, the 1A constrains the government.
ElectricIAC
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True for the US govt anyway, but recall that the Russian government used Twitter exactly as you describe in order to fool the masses into voting for Trump.
italian bread
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Real-time example of abusing free speech, what free speech absolutism will get you. 
Andrew Tate arrest: TikTok and Twitter under fire over false posts from fans
Social media firms are under fire this weekend for allowing the spread of misinformation by followers of “king of toxic masculinity” Andrew Tate after his arrest in connection with a human trafficking investigation.
In the hours after his detention, TikTok and Twitter were flooded with posts falsely claiming he had been freed and conspiracy theories saying he had been set up, Observer analysis shows.
Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, said: “Having conspiracy theories proliferating which might put at risk the integrity of an investigation or the safety of those involved is unconscionable.”
Andrew Tate arrest: TikTok and Twitter under fire over false posts from fans
Social media firms are under fire this weekend for allowing the spread of misinformation by followers of “king of toxic masculinity” Andrew Tate after his arrest in connection with a human trafficking investigation.
In the hours after his detention, TikTok and Twitter were flooded with posts falsely claiming he had been freed and conspiracy theories saying he had been set up, Observer analysis shows.
Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, said: “Having conspiracy theories proliferating which might put at risk the integrity of an investigation or the safety of those involved is unconscionable.”
JRP3
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Fidelity slashes the value of its Twitter stake by over half
Fidelity, which was among the group of outside investors that helped Elon Musk finance his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, has slashed the value of its stake in Twitter by 56%. The recalculation comes as Twitter navigates a number of challenges, most the result of chaotic management decisions...
He’s contractually obligated to Truth Social to a degree, and that is part of his decision making. Not that he ever paid much attention to contracts or legal obligations, but in this case it could cost him cash.
I don't believe that people had any illusions about Putin being a thug, yet most people probably considered him to be a rational actor. They didn't expect him to go completely off the rails, just as people probably didn't expect Musk to go off the rails at Twitter.
Anyway, could you kindly point out any major energy exporters with a stable democracy, except for Norway? Prince Bone-Saw perhaps?
We also shouldn't kid ourselves that Russia is being seen as equally bad in many parts of the world, as it is seen here in the West.
Finally, looking at this war cynically, this is the cheapest way of destroying Russian military power and to bleed Russia dry that the US could ever have hoped for. Compared to the Afghanistan fiasco the costs are almost minuscule, no US soldiers die and the brunt of the economic costs have to be borne by Europe (except for Norway, who are making a financial killing).
Remember - there is no reason to believe that Elon's actions on Twitter have any impact on demand since any loss in left leaning buyers will be made up by right leaning ones (or so we have been told).
You should seen the shocked look on my face. It's like if someone told me that there is gambling going on in the casino. Shocked I tell you, shocked.
You should seen the shocked look on my face. It's like if someone told me that there is gambling going on in the casino. Shocked I tell you, shocked.
ZenRockGarden
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Um, I see Elon's actions as almost completely demand-destroying.
He's abandoning everything he stood for in the dimensions of saving the planet, and instead championing far-right conspiracy lunatics who appreciate his support but will NEVER buy an electric car. He is NOT making new Tesla sales on the far right - they will still be out there with their diesel half-ton pickups blocking supercharging stations for the joy of it. Meanwhile he's portraying himself as the enemy of just about the entire pro-science, pro-planet crowd who used to be proud to drive a Tesla and are now wishing they could at least re-badge even if the vehicle itself still supports what they believe in.
You'd be better off making the case that the pro-planet crowd will hold their nose over Elon's politics vs thinking the coal-rollers will start driving Model 3's.
We can only hope that, like 'catturd' himself, the other goblins will say something that will finally wake Elon up to their true nature. I still feel he's been seized by a fever of sorts, and I still hold out hope that this fever might pass.
mspohr
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Techdirt: It Took Just Four Days From Elon Gleefully Admitting He'd Unplugged A Server Rack For Twitter To Have A Major Outage.
www.techdirt.com
It Took Just Four Days From Elon Gleefully Admitting He’d Unplugged A Server Rack For Twitter To Have A Major Outage
I know, I know. Some of the more angry commenters around here keep insisting that I should stop talking about Elon Musk and Twitter, and I want to do exactly that. I planned to do exactly that and …
www.techdirt.com
Maybe the Casablanca reference was too subtle.
Unfortunately he is also changing the narrative of Tesla to include a CEO "who is also destroying Twitter in realtime after paying $44B."
I think it going to be awhile before TSLA sees a P/E above 50 again.
bkp_duke
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Techdirt: It Took Just Four Days From Elon Gleefully Admitting He'd Unplugged A Server Rack For Twitter To Have A Major Outage.
It Took Just Four Days From Elon Gleefully Admitting He’d Unplugged A Server Rack For Twitter To Have A Major Outage
I know, I know. Some of the more angry commenters around here keep insisting that I should stop talking about Elon Musk and Twitter, and I want to do exactly that. I planned to do exactly that and …
By all objective measures, this was not a "major" outage.
1) all mobile users were online (this was a desktop- access only issue) - mobile users constitute the VAST majority of all social media users
2) the outage lasted for a pretty limited time period
Having been on the receiving side of some nasty DDoS's and remembering AWS's 12h+ outages that completely took things like Netflix offline, this one was mild, very mild. So much so, I would likely bet it was due to a code push, and not hardware. When hardware goes offline, you see mobile and desktop users typically affected equally.
JRP3
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Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent
The owner of the Hartford Building in San Francisco, the home of Twitter HQ, is suing the social media company for failing to pay $136,250 in rent.
Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent
The owner of the Hartford Building in San Francisco, the home of Twitter HQ, is suing the social media company for failing to pay $136,250 in rent.www.yahoo.com
I saw this happened in Seattle too. Moving to Texas soon? I don't see how a landlord would want a tenant that did this though unless they paid upfront the rent a year/many months in advance.
Still scummy and if I was an employee, I'd be concerned if I'd even be paid if this is how a company is ran. Don't see how folks can even begin to defend this.
Pretty sure some here would defend it. “Elon needs to be Elon” “waste of money better spent on bringing balance to social media” “4D chess” etc.
If you don’t get a bite here soon, just post it on main investor thread.
They’ll take a moment from writing mash notes to that dogmatic simpleton Ayn Rand.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Won’t defend it but I’m not interested in piling on and lending credence to the revolving door of hit pieces regarding EM and Twitter.
If you care about the stock price and the company, you’ll consider the same and by telling the media and establishment to kick rocks you’re doing yourself and the rest of us investors a favor.
Haters
If you care about the stock price and the company, you’ll consider the same and by telling the media and establishment to kick rocks you’re doing yourself and the rest of us investors a favor.
Haters
philw1776
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Shocked, simply shocked to see that the administration in power has excluded Tesla Model Y from maxing out in $ rebates. Guess those posters who claimed that PRE-TWITTER the administration was anti-Elon & Tesla were correct despite being piled on. Long live the kluge plug-in SUVs.
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