Erin 🇺🇸Dec 16, 2022
Dylan Martin
As @mmasnick points out, it's crazy that in a matter of two weeks Elon Musk went from proudly revealing purportedly damning internal Twitter discussions about blocking links to a news article about Hunter Biden's laptop to banning users who posted publicly available information (flight data) and blocking users from posting links to a competing service. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/elon-tries-badly-to-defend-the-banning-of-journalists-as-twitter-starts-blocking-links-mentions-of-mastodon/
Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon

Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They promised that they would moderate “based off the FCC and the Supreme cou…

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Show threadJoe KatzDec 16, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick What's even crazier is that right now, at this very moment... he's going right back to proudly revealing purportedly damning internal Twitter discussions like the whole thing never happened.
Show threadThe Robot Afro ShowDec 17, 2022
@joekatz45 @dylanljmartin @mmasnick https://the-robot-afro-show.simplecast.com/episodes/the-curious-case-of-twitter-musk
The truth behind Elon Musk and the Twitter Exodus | The Robot Afro Show

On this episode of, “The Robot Afro Show’, we get into the subject of Elon Musk and the Twitter exodus

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Show threadPappyDec 16, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick Elon Musk is certainly making a point, just not the point he thinks he's making.
Show threadKomz hate fascistsDec 16, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick narcissistic fascists always go down the path they claimed they’re fighting against
Show threadCanadian DudeDec 17, 2022
@fucktwitter08 @dylanljmartin @mmasnick #establishingapretext
Show threadLadyFiLahLahDec 16, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick Anyone can track his plane on any plane tracker app with only his plane id. File it on their saved list.
It must be terrifying that his child x had been followed some maybe crazy. But to blindly lash out at so many people is a very strange way to process it.
To target the press is a huge error, because no matter which side of the press you are on, no one will tolerate that. And the general tone from the press is suddenly very unfavourable.
Show threadStaci D. KramerDec 16, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick maybe it's crazy that it took that long
Show threadCatherine is not complacentDec 17, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick I don’t think it’s crazy at all.
It was like seeing Trump on that escalator I knew exactly what would happen with Elon.
Show threadLaureDec 17, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick @lynndeborah being in the news all the time is exactly what he wants icymi
Show threadThe Evil MicrowizardDec 17, 2022

@dylanljmartin @mmasnick Free* speech

* FSVO "Free" - actual free speech not guaranteed, or even guaranteed to be offered.

Show threadvegangsterDec 17, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick amazing article. fried him proper. 🔥
Show threadDaniel JonssonDec 17, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick I would never trust daddy Elon
Show threadJoe WDec 17, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick maybe we're missing the real story. Everyone believes he is "blundering" and destroying Twitter, perhaps that is the goal?
Show threadRudolf Herman ZawadzkiDec 17, 2022
@dylanljmartin @mmasnick Yep, the latter is clearly an act of the #unfairCompetition, for which #DOJ should #ProsecuteElonMusk