Great time to join Twitter. New CEO coming on board with vast experience. Elon playing the long game and needs another two years on his journey to excellence.
Here's some more of that fabulous "free speech absolutism". Musk doesn't like the facts to be told about a neo-Nazi who shoots up a crowd of people. Twitter Limits Reach of Investigative News Site Bellingcat After Elon Musk’s ‘Psyop’ Accusation on Texas Mall Shooter Investigation https://techstory.in/twitter-limits...cusation-on-texas-mall-shooter-investigation/ According to reports, Twitter has seemingly restricted the visibility of Bellingcat, an investigative news website. The website’s primary account can no longer be found through Twitter’s search function. Although it is unclear when the change was implemented, Bellingcat founder, Eliot Higgins, tweeted about the issue on Thursday. Insider conducted searches on Friday and confirmed that the main Bellingcat account did not appear in the results. This development came three days after Elon Musk cast doubt on the website’s investigation into the Allen, Texas, mall shooting, which killed eight people. According to Bellingcat’s report, Mauricio Garcia had several tattoos of Nazi symbols, including a swastika. Additionally, he was found to have made posts on the Russian social media platform Odnoklassniki (OK) expressing his support for white supremacist ideology. Musk tweeted, “Didn’t the story come from Bellingcat, which literally specializes in psychological operations?” “I don’t want to hurt their feelings, but this is either the weirdest story ever or a very bad psyop!” The Twitter boss, commented on the investigation into the Texas mall shooter by posting several tweets, including a reply of “Odd” to a conspiratorial tweet from an account named “End Wokeness.” In addition, Bellingcat has faced allegations of being associated with the CIA, a claim that Eliot Higgins, the site’s founder, has vehemently denied. Belling Cat’s Investigation into Mauricio Garcia and Accusations of “Psyop” Although Bellingcat has the verified checkmark for businesses on Twitter, Higgins removed his verified blue tick after accusations that the Texas mall shooter story was a “psyop.” Bellingcat reported that it discovered Mauricio Garcia’s OK account, a Russian social media platform after the investigators revealed its existence to the New York Times. The shooter had also posted legal documents that revealed his identity. The term “psyop” generally refers to military operations aimed at influencing people’s political beliefs and emotions through propaganda. However, the time has been misused by online conspiracy theorists to make accusations against the US government, including false flag operations involving terror attacks and mass shootings. Aric Toler, the Bellingcat journalist who reported the story, stated that the site’s account had not appeared in TweetDeck searches for several weeks. In April, Toler co-authored a New York Times article that disclosed the identity of Jake Teixeira, a National Guard airman who leaked classified documents on Discord. Bellingcat has made a name for itself as an investigative news outlet, and its reputation is built on its rigorous methods and attention to detail. In the case of Jake Teixeira, the National Guard airman who leaked classified documents on Discord, Bellingcat relied on social media images of Teixeira’s house and the counter saw in the background of the leaked document pictures to identify him. Concerns Over the Role of Twitter in Promoting Free Speech and Independent Journalism However, in the case of Mauricio Garcia, Bellingcat journalist Aric Toler stated that it was “easily the most open-and-shut case I’ve seen in my life.” The discovery of Garcia’s white supremacist posts on OK and the legal documents that revealed his identity left little doubt about his involvement in the mall shooting. Despite the questions raised about Twitter’s role in limiting the reach of Bellingcat, the company responded to Insider’s inquiry with an automated message that failed to address the issue. This lack of transparency has only fueled speculation about the social media platform’s relationship with investigative journalism. Elon Musk’s tweets, which suggested that the story was a “psyop,” only added to the controversy. The lack of transparency from Twitter regarding the disappearance of Bellingcat’s account has led to questions about the platform’s relationship with investigative journalism. As social media continues to play a crucial role in disseminating news, these platforms must not stifle the work of independent journalists and outlets like Bellingcat.
He doesn't want more people finding out about how much of a clown he looked like pushing right wing conspiracies so wants to hide the truth.
Defending your decision to suppress voices speaking out against authoritarianism near a close election. I am sure this plan will work for you in the U.S. as well. That's some fine "free speech absolutism" there, Elon. Twitter Caved to Censorship Requests From Turkey's Authoritarian Government https://reason.com/2023/05/15/twitt...quests-from-turkeys-authoritarian-government/
Elon: "Twitter is colluding w/deep state operatives to manipulate US elections so I must buy it to fix it; the Twitter files proved it" Also Elon: "I will collude w/governments in power to manipulate their elections"
Look who is tied up in the Epstein mess... U.S. Virgin Islands issued subpoena to Elon Musk in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/15/us-...ena-to-elon-musk-in-jeffrey-epstein-case.html The U.S. Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Tesla boss Elon Musk seeking documents for that government’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase. The Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan over sex trafficking by the bank’s late longtime customer Jeffrey Epstein. The U.S. territory is suing JPMorgan for allegedly enabling and benefiting from Epstein’s trafficking of young women to his private island in the Virgin Islands to be abused by him and others. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is due to be deposed in the case on May 26. The U.S. Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeking documents for that government’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over sex trafficking by the bank’s late longtime customer Jeffrey Epstein, a court filing revealed Monday. That filing said the Virgin Islands has tried unsuccessfully to serve Musk with the subpoena, which was issued on April 28, because of suspicion that Epstein “may have referred or attempted to refer” Musk as a client to JPMorgan. The U.S. territory asked Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff in the filing to allow it to serve Musk with the subpoena with Tesla’s registered agent. That subpoena demands Musk turn over any documents showing communication involving him, JPMorgan and Epstein, as well as “all Documents reflecting or regarding Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and/or his procurement of girls or women for consensual sex.” The Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan for allegedly enabling and benefiting from Epstein’s trafficking of young women to his private island in the territory to be abused by him and others. JPMorgan denies the government’s claims, which are mirrored in a separate pending civil lawsuit in Manhattan federal court by a woman who says Epstein sexually abused her. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is due to be deposed for both lawsuits beginning on May 26. A May 4 court filing by the Virgin Islands revealed the government had issued a similar subpoena for documents to Google co-founder Larry Page, and that it likewise was having difficulty locating Page. And the territory previously issued subpoenas to Page’s fellow Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former Disney executive Michael Ovitz, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker and Mort Zuckerman, the billionaire real estate investor. In Monday’s filing, the Virgin Islands said, “Upon information and belief, Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla, Inc., among other companies — is a high-net-worth individual who Epstein may have referred or attempted to refer to JPMorgan.” In addition to being CEO of Tesla, Musk is head of SpaceX and owner of Twitter. The government said that it had hired an investigative firm to try to locate an address from Musk, and also contacted one of his lawyers. That lawyer in past federal cases has waived the requirement of him being personally served with legal documents, according to the filing. “The Government contacted Mr. Musk’s counsel via email to ask if he would be authorized to accept service on Mr. Musk’s behalf in this matter but did not receive a response confirming or denying his authority,” the filing said. Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CNBC. But on Monday night, Musk did reply to a Twitter user, @unusual_whales, who had tweeted this article. “This is idiotic on so many levels,” Musk wrote in his Twitter reply. “1. That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever. 2. The notion that I would need or listen to financial advice from a dumb crook is absurd.” “3. JPM let Tesla down ten years ago, despite having Tesla’s global commercial banking business, which we then withdrew,” Musk wrote. “I have never forgiven them.” In 2018, Epstein told The New York Times writer James Stewart that he had been advising Musk after the Securities and Exchange Commission opened a probe into Musk’s comments about taking the company private. When the Times reached out to Tesla for comment, the company strongly denied that claim, saying, “It is incorrect to say that Epstein ever advised Elon on anything.” Epstein had predicted to Stewart that “everyone at Tesla would deny talking to him or being his friend,” according to an article about their interview. Epstein, a former friend of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of Britain, was a customer of the bank from 1998 through 2013. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to a state charge in Florida of soliciting sex from an underage girl. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail in August 2019, a month after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.
Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To Is Musk just a "free speech opportunist?" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-twitter-censors-turkey Elon Musk Didn’t Just Do Turkey’s Bidding. Censoring for Strongmen Is Now a Pattern. Free speech—unless a country doesn’t really do free speech. https://slate.com/technology/2023/05/elon-musk-turkey-twitter-erdogan-india-modi-free-speech.html