Mastodawn

Nov 23, 2024

"His [i.e., Musk's] investment in Twitter seemed insane, and it certainly was damaging, but it gave him this power, and this power led to Tesla stock going up. So it probably turned out to be a good investment – in ruining America."

~ Jeff Jarvis

#ElonMusk #Twitter #Trump #disinformation #fascism #PoliticsofChaos

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/23/jeff-jarvis-elon-musks-investment-in-twitter-seemed-insane-but-it-gave-him-this-power

Jeff Jarvis: ‘Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter seemed insane, but it gave him this power’

The US media pundit on the dangers of overregulation online, why he’s more frightened of the tech bros than AI itself, and how to reclaim the web by getting rid of the geeks

The Guardian