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Elon Musk buys 9.2 percent of Twitter amid complaints about free speech
The Verge ^ | April 4th, 2022 | Jon Porter

Posted on 04/04/2022 6:20:30 AM PDT by shadowlands1960

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To: Radix

Yep, just rechecked, it was a Getty image... Usually I look at the left lower corner for the Getty stamp.. this one wasn’t stamped...


21 posted on 04/04/2022 9:49:59 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: Lockbox

an ownership position of that size should at least immunize musk from being cancelled by twitter ...


22 posted on 04/04/2022 10:04:36 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Lockbox

gonna be tough for twatter to ban musk ... they better get busy adding an “except musk” line in their censorship algorithms ...


23 posted on 04/04/2022 10:11:22 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Yes, but if selling, he would go to sell very slowly, or could go down 35% before he got his money out.


24 posted on 04/04/2022 10:23:53 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Lockbox

Don’t screw with Elon!


25 posted on 04/04/2022 10:45:49 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: Lockbox

Elon Musk is a certifiable loon and if you think he’s going to save “free speech,” you’re a few fries short of a happy meal yourself.


26 posted on 04/04/2022 6:54:04 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

“Elon Musk is a certifiable loon and if you think he’s going to save “free speech,” you’re a few fries short of a happy meal yourself.”

No he isn’t; he’s an eccentric genius and is going to be a big help to all of the free speech lovers of the world. I believe this is just Elon Musk’s first move on the chessboard of ‘woke” politics. He’s on a free speech crusade here.


27 posted on 04/04/2022 8:49:48 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP (or Senior Advisor))
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To: Lockbox

He’s gonna be a nightmare to the Twitter dipshits. Much like Ted Turner was when he owned 4% of Time Warner.

No matter who you are, you can’t afford to piss off a guy who owns 9% of the company.

Musk will torment them and constantly threaten to buy another 42%.

This is going to be fun to watch.


28 posted on 04/05/2022 12:40:45 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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