Is Elon Musk gambling his business empire?

[jack_christie]

Elon supporting another idiot without knowing the charges -

 

[Momentum57]

Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People.

Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur depicts a mercurial “man-child” with grandiose ambitions and an ego to match.

www.nytimes.com

 

[jack_christie]

Reviews for that thing are overall brutal

 

[jack_christie]

 

[jack_christie]

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Elon Musk likes to think he saved us from Armageddon. He’s just brought it closer​

Elon Musk likes to think he saved us from Armageddon. He’s just brought it closer | Timothy Snyder

Whatever his new biography says, by giving into Russia’s nuclear blackmail the X boss can only encourage more threats from Putin

www.theguardian.com

 

[jack_christie]

Europe Claims Musk’s X Is Biggest Forum of Russian Disinformation​

Europe Claims Musk’s X Is Biggest Forum of Russian Disinformation

The EU will release a report today that weighs efforts of tech companies combat misinformation on their platforms over the last six months

themessenger.com

 

[DanRoM]

You don't say.

 

[jack_christie]

What do you do with 70 elections due worldwide?

Twitter Fires Election Integrity Team Ahead of 2024 Elections​

Aaron Rodericks, co-lead of the department, was targeted in a right-wing harassment campaign after trying to hire new employees to combat political misinformation

Musk wrote on X, “Oh you mean the “Election Integrity” Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they’re gone.”

Twitter Fires Election Integrity Team Ahead of 2024 Elections

Elon Musk fired X global head of election integrity Aaron Rodericks ahead of dozens of 2024 elections.

www.rollingstone.com

Elon Musk makes cuts to X’s election integrity team

Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, said Wednesday he has made cuts to X’s election integrity team, which seeks to prevent election interference and manipulation on the platform. …

thehill.com

 

[Blind_Io]

Tesla sued for racial discrimination, retaliation by EEOC

Tesla sued for racial discrimination, retaliation by EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Tesla accusing Elon Musk’s electric car maker of violating “federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment.”

ground.news

 

[jack_christie]

SpaceX have a similar problem

 

[Blind_Io]

I don't know where to put this, so here's a photo of Musk wearing a cowboy hat backwards while trying to blend in and pander to Texans.

 

[eizbaer]

https://x.com/germanydiplo/status/1707783245171978250

Imagine getting schooled like this by the German government of all people. Damn.

 

[jack_christie]

https://x.com/germanydiplo/status/1707783245171978250

Imagine getting schooled like this by the German government of all people. Damn.

Agrees with supporting AfD, but thinks of himself as Jewish?

Elon Musk Insists He's Not Antisemitic But In Fact 'Jewish, Basically'

Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), fought accusations of anti-Semitism and claimed he was "aspirationally Jewish" on a live chat on Thursday.

themessenger.com

 

[jack_christie]

 

[jack_christie]

Elon Moskal

Putin’s Pals Brag: Elon Musk ‘Really Is Our Agent!’​

Putin’s Pals Brag: Elon Musk ‘Really Is Our Agent!’

Kremlin propagandists are rejoicing after Congress omitted aid to Ukraine from its most recent government funding bill.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[jack_christie]

What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter?​

A year after the world's richest man acquired the social media platform, a game plan published by a fired Trump White House staffer provides a clue.

many of the decisions Musk made after he bought Twitter appear to have closely followed that road map, up to and including his ongoing attacks against the Anti-Defamation League

What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue

A year after the world's richest man acquired the social media platform, a game plan published by a fired Trump White House staffer provides a clue.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203339945/elon-musk-neo-nazi-defamation-lawsuit-ben-brody

Elon Musk is being sued for libel for accusing a man of having neo-Nazi links​

 

[jack_christie]

Florida ad agency X Social Media sues X/Twitter​

Elon Musk's X (fka Twitter) sued by a Florida ad agency named X Social Media

The plaintiff asks court to prevent company from using the X name as well as seeking financial damages.

fortune.com

 

[jack_christie]

Twitter Is at Death’s Door, One Year After Elon Musk’s Takeover​

Twitter Is at Death's Door, One Year After Elon Musk's Takeover

Since the tech tycoon took over the platform last October, he’s done everything he can to run it into the ground

www.rollingstone.com

 

[jack_christie]

Elon Musk under investigation by US agency for $44bn takeover of Twitter​

Securities and Exchange Commission inquiring whether Musk broke federal law in 2022 when he bought stock in the platform

Elon Musk under investigation by US agency for $44bn takeover of Twitter

Securities and Exchange Commission inquiring whether Musk broke federal law in 2022 when he bought stock in the platform

www.theguardian.com