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Micah Lee Nov 25, 2022

Elon Musk just banned the culture jamming anarchist publication CrimethInc. from Twitter after a request from Andy Ngo, the fascist activist who's beloved by multiple mass shooters.

CrimethInc. has had a Twitter account since 2008, has never violated Twitter policies, and has never been suspended until now.

https://crimethinc.com/2022/11/25/elon-musk-bans-crimethinc-from-twitter-on-request-from-far-right-troll

Elon Musk Bans CrimethInc. from Twitter at the Urging of Far-Right Troll

At the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account—a partisan move paving the way for fascist violence.

CrimethInc.

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J.H.Noyes Nov 25, 2022

@micahflee

It's probably a good idea for the Biden Administration to cancel all contracts with Musk-owned entities on ethical grounds, post haste.

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Party Sam Nov 26, 2022

@noyes:

Canceling contracts with SpaceX would pose a problem. This company might be considered essential to national security and simply going for the worse options (currently Falcon 9 is the best option in the market) might be 2-3 times more expensive and over-budget.

I wonder what will become to SpaceX in case if Elon continues spiralling into this unstable, manipulable state he's in now.

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J.H.Noyes

@partysam He's being really erratic. He's most likely engaging in behaviors that would escalate this legal status to something like 'unregistered foreign agent'. He's openly restructuring Twitter into something that a fair court system--not saying we have one--would recognize as an artifice erected to circumvent campaign finance and foreign participation laws. It's very troubling, especially given the lack of moral fidelity, clarity, and character endemic to modern American politicians.