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Elon Musk reveals US intel agencies had 'full access' to private Twitter DMs, discloses new encryption feature
fox news ^ | April 17, 2023 | Yael Halon

Posted on 04/18/2023 5:48:43 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk revealed in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson that the United States, along with foreign government agencies, was granted "full access" to direct messages of private citizens on Twitter prior to his takeover.
Musk made the bombshell allegation in the Carlson sit-down, the first part of which aired Monday on "Tucker Carlson Tonight." In a rare and unfiltered discussion, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO spoke candidly about his concerns about artificial intelligence (AI), his Twitter acquisition and his future plans for the social media platform that he bought last fall.
In what has been described as one of the most "jaw-dropping" moments of the two-part conversation, Musk accused his predecessors at Twitter of allowing U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies to read users’ direct messages on the platform, calling it among the most "absurd" discoveries he made since purchasing the company for $44 billion.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doj; freespeech; internet; musk; privacy; socialmedia; spying; surveillance; twitter; twittersedition
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No big surprise to FR people that the deep state and the Biden gang had complete control over as much of twitter as they were interested in, but read the details here.
1 posted on 04/18/2023 5:48:43 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Musk is afraid of no one.


2 posted on 04/18/2023 5:57:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Government control over thoughts and words. Total violation of the Constitution. Grounds for impeachment of president and his cabinet and half of congress.

That will never happen, since democrats, who wish the end of freedom of thought, have never respected the law and are never held to obey the law.


3 posted on 04/18/2023 5:58:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (No one is assigned sex at birth. One's sex is noted and recorded. My pronouns Haha, hehe, hoho, hoo )
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

It was a difficult interview to watch, for me. Musk slurred his words, rambled and lost me a number of times. Is English his first language? Tucker had to summarize each prior segment, when they came back to the next segment.

Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?


4 posted on 04/18/2023 6:02:50 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: I want the USA back

One’s “sex” or gender are actually “assigned” at the instant of fertilization of the egg, or very shortly thereafter. A long way before “birth”.


5 posted on 04/18/2023 6:05:50 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: I want the USA back

Access not control of. But it does potentially invoke the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated”.

Access = a search.


6 posted on 04/18/2023 6:07:41 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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> That will never happen, since democrats, who wish the end of freedom of thought, have never respected the law and are never held to obey the law.

Well the Republicans knew all of this was going on, why didn't they speak up when it started ?

7 posted on 04/18/2023 6:17:00 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Elon bought Twitter in order to expose it.


8 posted on 04/18/2023 6:21:34 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: Justa

The Biden gang did tell Twitter and FB what to do. We don’t know everything the actual security state did, but we saw the FBI in action. The article and recent Tucker’s shows focus on access, but do not assume that they were not in control.


9 posted on 04/18/2023 6:27:35 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: Tucker39

Wrong thread?


10 posted on 04/18/2023 6:53:13 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: Carriage Hill

> Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?

Just you. ;-)

If you see a couple of his keynotes or whatever (widely available on youtube et. al.) That’s just his style of conversing. For me it seems he’s used to delving into technical details and is finding it a bit difficult to “dumb it down” for the audience.


11 posted on 04/18/2023 7:11:19 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

JAW DROPPING!


12 posted on 04/18/2023 7:12:48 AM PDT by Fury
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I’d love to see a few of those DMs.

L


13 posted on 04/18/2023 7:13:57 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: glorgau

I am listening to Chris Plante on WMAL 105.9 in DC, and he had the same problem.


14 posted on 04/18/2023 7:27:34 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Is English his first language? Tucker had to summarize each prior segment, when they came back to the next segment.

Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?

Musk is not a trained public speaker. That considered, he does OK.

15 posted on 04/18/2023 7:50:00 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Sacajaweau

That was a good interview last night. Leon’s funny.


16 posted on 04/18/2023 8:16:25 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most importan.t election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Carriage Hill

Yeah. Had to listen closely.


17 posted on 04/18/2023 8:17:31 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most importan.t election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: glorgau
For me it seems he’s used to delving into technical details and is finding it a bit difficult to “dumb it down” for the audience.

Agree. I have a degree in computer science and work experience but maybe we are not that good (or polished) at explaining it.

18 posted on 04/18/2023 8:45:16 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: JimRed

I’ve heard him give talks to employees at TESLA, and he speaks well loudly, to a group. But one-on-one, he speaks in a low voice, is more subdued and sometimes mumbles. JIMO.


19 posted on 04/18/2023 8:51:15 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Thank God he is that smart & that unafraid.

He is looking MORE & MORE like he is OUR JOHN GALT.


20 posted on 04/18/2023 10:19:56 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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