General Elon Musk Fukkery Thread
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The axe murderer
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Elon Musk’s X to shut operations in Brazil amid bitter legal fight
Social media platform says shutdown ‘effective immediately’ but Brazilian users will still have access to X.
KalKal
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Combine these posts together and it's kind of hilarious.
Look at the big bad military truck...that cracks while towing and that you can literally pull pieces off of with your bare hands.
ADevilYouKhow
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X closes Brazilian office after judge threatens arrests over censorship orders
Social media platform X is closing its offices in Brazil after a high-ranking judge threatened the company with arrests following failure to comply with censorship orders.
www.foxbusiness.com
Fox link but
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The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
fukked up thing is this ain't new on twitter. They used to do it with michelle obama . They do it damn near everyone
X closes Brazilian office after judge threatens arrests over censorship orders
Social media platform X is closing its offices in Brazil after a high-ranking judge threatened the company with arrests following failure to comply with censorship orders.
Fox link but
Musk is now talking about judges the exact way that Trump does.
"Due to demands by "Justice" in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, 𝕏 has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil," X owner Elon Musk said on social media Saturday. "He is an utter disgrace to justice."
Redwood
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X places Olympics ads alongside hate-filled far right posts
Adverts promoting the Olympics, the BMA and more appeared beside far right X posts spreading misinformation about the Southport stabbings.
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X places Olympics ads alongside hate-filled far right posts
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20th August 2024
Scarlett Sherriff
Adverts promoting the Olympics, the British Medical Association (BMA), pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Smith Klein (GSK) and others were placed alongside high-profile far right X posts spreading hateful misinformation about the Southport stabbings.
The new research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate looked at five accounts, including that of misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate, former GB news presenters Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson, Britain First co-leaders Paul Golding and Ashlea Simon.
The posts include posts with hateful far right statements including “Islam is evil and needs removing from the UK” from Paul Golding, “We all know who’s responsible for the Southport attack. White Christian teens don’t stab children, Islamists do” from Ashlea Simon and “Islam is evil and needs removing from the UK,” from Calvin Robinson.
Image source: Center for Countering Digital Hate
In total the research estimated that the five accounts generated around 38.9 million ad impressions in the week after the Stockport account.
Image source: Center for Countering Digital Hate
It comes amid widespread concern around brand safety on the platform and comes in the wake of Musk’s decision to sue boycotting advertisers.
Since taking over the platform, then known as Twitter, Elon Musk has reportedly restored nearly 12,000 banned accounts as part of a general amnesty.
CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate Imran Ahmed said: “Elon Musk’s X played a significant role in these riots, with algorithms turbocharging the spread of lies spread by bad actors he let back onto the platform, after the previous owners banned them for spreading hate and lies.”
“The truth is that Musk’s platform is willing to profit from hate and lies because it’s desperate for cash, losing hundreds of millions of dollars last year as it struggles to keep up with debt repayments.”
“It will carry on pumping out hate and lies for profit until regulators step in, hold them responsible and make it more expensive to harm our societies in this way.”
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The axe murderer
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The Banks That Financed Elon Musk's Acquisition of Twitter Are Now Absolutely Screwed
The banks have been unable to sell off their debt, leaving them with some of the worst "hung" loans of all time.
futurism.com
