Muskโ€™s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called

After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/musks-x-revokes-paid-blue-check-from-united-auto-workers-after-strike-called/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Muskโ€™s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called

After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

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@arstechnica I am 1000% ready for him to just kill the site.
@TheChrisGlass @arstechnica
He couldn't support fascism and the Saudis if he did!

@arstechnica 'To a request for comment, X only sent Ars an auto-response, saying, "Busy now, please check back later." (To be fair, in this case "check back later" is a good summary of what happened.)'

excellent reporting ๐Ÿ™ƒ

@peturdainn @arstechnica ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜„
@arstechnica why are you using such a shady platform for your "official" account
@freevolt24 @arstechnica is it too rude for me to say "GTFO"..? Hope not.
@freevolt24 @arstechnica ...the opensource federated platform server mastodon.social?
@arstechnica HOW DARE THEY QUESTION THEIR KING
@arstechnica whos running X?!
HE just bought a new CEO didnโ€™t he?
Maybe she reinstated itโ€ฆ
Is that her way of saying fuck off to Elron?
@arstechnica well "check back later" indeed. Good article. What a twat!
@arstechnica lol he cant even union bust right anymore...my man is slipping
@arstechnica yeah, Musk maybe a free speech absolutist but in practice it doesn't seem to reach the censor gnomes working there. I have been x jailed for using a term for a cheap sex worker to describe Hunter's laptop. They also think using the words cancer and dead in reference to a famous person who is neither dead nor has cancer is promoting violence.
@arstechnica Billionaire fascists and the criminal gop do not want unions. They want slaves.
@arstechnica I would pay money to watch the GameStop guys do things to this companyโ€™s stock! If only it were still public. What kind of dirt does Elon have on his other investors that they are not making โ€œcorrectionsโ€.
@arstechnica I don't know why anyone stays on there.

@arstechnica
I'm asking again, partly because I've never had any kind of definitive answer, from any side of the thing.

Is it OK in this day and age to like what StarShip do, but at the same time despise EM as a total knob?

@arstechnica Where does this asshole get the idea that his every whim should instantly become a reality? What if he himself fell victim to the totally arbitrary lawlessness that he seems to relish?
@Eetschrijver @arstechnica He gets it from being a spoiled rich kid who's never had anyone of significance ever tell him "no" in his entire life. His trashy kind are a dime a dozen.
@arstechnica Why is anyone on shitter anymore?
@arstechnica I mean, how does he even think he wonโ€™t get caught doing this petty and stupid b.s.? That we donโ€™t have eyes on him 24/7?

@ChrisWinters @arstechnica

Because he knows that he won't get punished even if he's caught so there's no real incentive for him to care.

@arstechnica
"If youโ€™re still on Twitter/X does that mean youโ€™re a fascist?
No, of course not.
It just means fascism isnโ€™t a deal breaker for you."
@aral
@arstechnica The man really seems set to test how far he can push the limits before he gets bitchslapped.

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Elon Musk seems to hate unions... but he sure loves to kiss CEO ass..

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If you work at Tesla START A UNION.
@arstechnica
As if we need further proof of what a petty little arsehole he is.
@arstechnica Heโ€™s worse than a union buster, comrade, which is bad enough, but heโ€™s a strong man (he thinks he is).
@arstechnica going for the evil beard and failing
@arstechnica He perma banned me quite quickly for distributing union informantion,
@arstechnica Seem like he's a coward, ashamed of his own shitty opinions.
@arstechnica Musk is such a loathsome human being.
@arstechnica he looks like Alex Jones but with some money and not red.
@arstechnica @pschiller why are you guys still pushing money to this guy?
@arstechnica who knew being a fascist cunt was so bad for the skin.
@arstechnica Jesus.. fuck him. I hope Tesla gets unionized.
@arstechnica Ellonski is such a hate driven individual. A pathetic person in need of 6-10 years of intensive psychotherapy. Preferably in an institution.
@arstechnica He found the receipt for the UAW's $8
@arstechnica he looks like garbage thatโ€™s been out in the sun too long

@arstechnica They changed the account profile picture, which removes a check until it can be re-verified.

Source for this? Direct from Twitter themselves, 10 December 2022.

https://twitter.com/X/status/1601692774486528000

X on X

subscribers will be able to change their handle, display name or profile photo, but if they do theyโ€™ll temporarily lose the blue checkmark until their account is reviewed again

X (formerly Twitter)

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"Known union buster uses the 'free speech' platform he owns to bust unions. More at 11"

Honestly very glad I no longer have musk simps in my life.

@arstechnica Do you know the difference between a crack addict and Uber rich lunatics like ol musky or the krapdashians?
We have a chance the crack addict will get better.
The entire world knows there isn't a single shred of hope for the "more money than brains" set. Most are beyond sick and tired of all of their bs as if we need to know what these useless wastes of oxygen are doing. The only thing we want to know is if whatever it is will cause irreparable harm. Like everything musk does.