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It's worth noting that Twitter dissolved the Trust and Safety Council after that tweet was posted: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-disbands-trust
by minimaxir 4y ago
It's worth noting that Twitter dissolved the Trust and Safety Council after that tweet was posted: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-disbands-trust-safety-council-rcna61400 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-disbands-trus...
It's unclear if Ella Irwin still works at Twitter, but giving everything going on I strongly suspect there's no one to moderate against Elon personally banning an account he does not like.
- stefan_ 4y agoShe just got the role, why would she no longer work there? Presumably she was put there to enable this, after Yoel Roth abruptly left (and was subsequently defamed as a pedo by Elon, what's with the guy and pedophiles).
- chris11 4y agoShe started in June, she then quit shortly after Elon took over, then she was convinced to come back.
- f38zf5vdt 4y ago
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- rvnx 4y agoIn his own words "I have spoken to Putin only once"
- jacquesm 4y ago[flagged]
- hunterb123 4y ago
- stjohnswarts 4y agoWell, the Russians weren't attempting to genocide a country/culture at the point that we contracted with the Russians.
- hunterb123 4y agoFalse. We were during and after Crimea.
- sobkas 4y ago> Well, the Russians weren't attempting to genocide a country/culture at the point that we contracted with the Russians. Do you really believe that Russia grown to be the biggest country on Earth by playing nice with natives? Or if it suddenly became evil after revolution? Russia destroyed other cultures every time it got an upper hand and was built on blood of mostly other people.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Do you really believe that Russia grown to be the biggest country on Earth by playing nice with natives? No, I think they got to be the biggest country on Earth by having land that would support decent population and econonic activity next to Siberia; Canada got to be #2 by pretty much the same method, with a different stretch of marginally useful Arctic and near-Arctic land.
- prpl 4y agocould be true to the letter - - but Elon doesn’t speak russian - so he might normally speak to/through an interpreter or other kind of intermediary
- bragr 4y agoPutin is said to speak English although not nearly as well as German. There's not many instances on him speaking English at length aside from some prepared remarks so its hard to judge his exact command.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoNote the lack of the word "communicated". Aes Sedai style truth.
- mediaman 4y ago
- hunterb123 4y ago
- boringg 4y ago> Almost like a campaign... Nevermind the actual pedos, noone demanding the client list to the island travelers. You guys never give up on your conspiracy theories. Its uninspired, tiresome and unintelligent for the most part.
- jimjimjim 4y agoaccusing someone of the things that someone accuses other people of?
- scubbo 4y ago
- hunterb123 4y ago
- scubbo 4y agoWell, the summary is that a lot of Elon's shitty selfish controlling misogynistic tendencies were very much on display from an early time. But the most important point in the context here is: > Still, there were warning signs. As we danced at our wedding reception, Elon told me, "I am the alpha in this relationship." So, y'know - it's not speculation that he said that, we have proof. As you could have found from a quick search of a distinctive word.
- giobox 4y agoWe have one person's recollection in an interview (his ex-wife). While I'm inclined to believe her, its also no secret Justine doesn't exactly like him very much and isn't generally inclined to say nice things about him to begin with - hardly shocking following a divorce. Proof is a strong word.
- dangerwill 4y agoI'm really worried about how our society is devolving to calling everyone we don't like a pedo. I hate Elon intensely but unless there is any actual evidence of pedo-like tendancies let's leave that alone. And I know that he famously played this game already and is doing so currently with former Twitter employees but lets not stoop to that level if we can avoid it.
- SauciestGNU 4y agoThe only real "evidence" is that picture of him with Ghislaine Maxwell. He claims it was a photo bomb, party attendees recall the two of them interacting. I think we'll never know the truth there.
- pvaldes 4y agoNone of our business
- bobkazamakis 4y ago? and nothing we can find out, if he doesn't travel on a literal beacon sending ads-b out.
- drcongo 4y agoMaybe he doth protest too much.
- encryptluks2 4y ago
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- cbtacy 4y agoAgain, take this s*t to Truth Social where fact free conspiracy BS belongs.
- mrtweetyhack 4y ago
- mitchdoogle 4y agoMusk has previously claimed his use of the word "pedo" comes from South Africa where he says it is/was a common insult when he was growing up, akin to calling someone a "creep" in American English
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI don’t mean to be a antagonistic but as the owner of twitter why would we expect he not have the right and ability to ban anyone he likes? When it was publicly held there was some accountability to the shareholders as part of the public. Now he can literally carry a sink around wherever he wants
- OscarCunningham 4y agoOh he should have the right to do it, but that doesn't mean we have to like it.
- LelouBil 4y agoNobody said he didn't have the right to do it. It's his company now. However he said he wanted twitter to be a free speech platform of some sort, so that's seen as hypocritical.
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- echelon 4y agoMoreover, I think that this erratic behavior is going to crater Tesla stock [1]. Regardless of your political leanings, Twitter Elon is showing signs of weakness, distraction, emotional decision making, and an inability to avoid suboptimal choices. In a very public forum, with all of the world watching and media stacked against him. Elon is looking like he got suckered into buying Twitter and now has to play the difficult and mundane role of private equity turnaround so that he can recoup his -- and his investors' -- funds. It's a huge distraction from his more important businesses. Folks are already asking him to step down as Tesla CEO [2]. Best to kick a dog while he's down. I think Tesla has been overvalued for some time. It's not the only EV company in the world, and soon every company (and domestic production capacity worth its salt) will be pumping out EV options for consumers. This Twitter deal was the activation energy required to jostle the Tesla stock out of its lofty position. I hope I'm wrong, and that things at Twitter begin to stabilize. I think that SpaceX is one of the most important companies in the world right now, and it needs a leader who can continue to push the boundaries of what was thought possible. [1] I'm thinking of putting my money where my mouth is and buying puts, which is something I rarely do. [2] https://www.autoevolution.com/news/unconfirmed-reports-claim-tesla-china-president-will-replace-musk-as-global-ceo-205869.html https://www.autoevolution.com/news/unconfirmed-reports-claim...
- SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
- nickthegreek 4y agoElon said he wouldn't ban the account. It's banned. That's the story.
- madeofpalk 4y agoMy understanding is that the 'Trust and Safety Council' was an international board of external stakeholders and consultants to help with 'Trust and Safety' (moderation) at Twitter, NOT the 'Trust and Safety' division within Twitter.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI suspect that Musk has a very easily accessible interface to delete any twitter user that he wants within seconds and that is what happened here.