DarkGamerOct 4, 2023
emptywheel

Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/04/elon-musks-machine-for-fascism-a-tale-of-three-elections/

Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections - emptywheel

In 2016, far right trolls used Twitter's to hijack rational discussions about the election, contributing to Trump's win. In 2020, moderation and post-January 6 efforts thwarted a repeat performance, but only barely. Since then, Elon Musk attempted to restore the haven for far right trolls that Trump rode to the Presidency in 2016 and used to sow a coup in 2020.

emptywheel
Oct 4, 2023 at 2:35pmWeb
Show threadBandersnatchOct 4, 2023
@emptywheel If you're still using Twitter, you're supporting #fascists. Full stop. There are enough other options out there that whatever excuse you have is irrelevant.
Show threadPhil ReesOct 4, 2023
@emptywheel That Hashtag hijacking technique was also used by PR pros at companies like The Social Architects. I've long wondered whether that vulnerability was left deliberately open for their clients like SAP and HWA to use. SA were at Twitter's NY offices on election night firing off amplifier account tweets from that location. Exploiting the vulnerability badly instead of reporting and fixing it may have cost Hillary the US election.
Show threadSearingTruthOct 4, 2023

@emptywheel

"For every dollar lost.

When it should be for every life lost."
SearingTruth

Show threadNecronTheFallenOct 4, 2023
@emptywheel @seiKay
If you guys don't mind me speaking, Twitter before Elon did the same shit but for Biden who has been nothing but disastrous. This isn't new
Show threademptywheelOct 5, 2023
@NecronTheFallen Huh. I'm really interested in your claim that 1) clearly didn't read the report and 2) is WILDLY unmoored from any single fact. Care to explain? @seiKay
Show threadboycottteslaOct 9, 2023
Well I finally did it, banned at twitter basically for observing that Palestinian attack will unleash a civilian bloodbath in Gaza, somehow that rubbed Musk minions the wrong way.