Posted on 10/30/2022 7:41:19 PM PDT by lasereye
The Elon Musk Twitter saga just keeps getting weirder. Days after Musk finally took control of the social media platform, he fired off a head-scratching tweet from a dubious source about the man who violently attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Then his tweet, which he posted early Sunday, vanished later in the day.
Amid many doubts about where Musk will take Twitter, the sequence only deepened the uncertainty.
Musk was responding to a tweet from Hillary Clinton, who shared a Los Angeles Times article about the suspect, 42-year-old David DePape, who became immersed in right-wing conspiracies online. She wrote, “The Republican Party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread hate and deranged conspiracy theories. It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result.”
Musk responded, “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” including a link to an article claiming the attacker was someone Paul Pelosi met at a gay bar.
It was then widely reported that Musk deleted his tweet, prompting one disappointed Twitter user to write, “Never cave to the leftist mob. Never!”
HuffPost then tweeted an update to its reporting on the incident, writing, “UPDATE: Elon Musk, Twitter’s new CEO, had his own tweet deleted from the platform after he pushed a false conspiracy theory about the recent life-threatening assault on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband.”
Fortune reached out to Twitter for clarification on how the tweet was deleted but did not receive an immediate response.
One Twitter user joked of Musk, “You know he’s just going to say this was a test.”
However the incident unfolds, it will do little to instill confidence among the many Twitter users—among them celebrities, lawmakers, and advertisers—apprehensive about where Musk will take the platform.
Musk’s drama-filled $44 billion takeover of the company was finalized on Thursday, and so far there’s little sign of calm being established. Trolls were quick flood the platform with offensive slurs and antisemitic memes after Musk—a self-described “free-speech absolutist”—took control.
The Network Contagion Research Institute, a social media research firm, reported that use on the N-word spiked 500% on Twitter in the 12 hours after Musk took control. LeBron James called the news “scary AF,” adding, “So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech.”
In response, Musk shared a tweet from a Twitter employee reading, “Nearly all of these accounts are inauthentic. We’ve taken action to ban the users involved in this trolling campaign—and are going to continue working to address this in the days to come to make Twitter safe and welcoming for everyone.”
Not everyone is convinced.
Despite Musk rushing to reassure advertisers that the platform wouldn’t become a “free-for-all hellscape,” General Motors said it would pause advertising on Twitter, adding, “We are engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership.”
And yesterday Shonda Rhimes, the screenwriter and producer behind hit shows like Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy, tweeted that she’d be leaving the platform, writing: “Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye.”
Amid the uncertainty, Musk’s bizarre, short-lived tweet will likely do little to reassure doubters.
I’ve been following that today, but it would seem that twitter should either revert to the original source from its own data logging if deleted or use a waybac like source.
Thanks for pointing out at least one nuance in this battle.
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How much ya wanna bet authorities went door to door i nthe neighboorhood and “Strongly urged” residents to keep their recordings if they have them of the whole thing private-
Bizarre tweet? He was forwarding an article in the Santa Monica newspaper!
so gm was okie dokie with conservatives being routinely censored
got it
>> Amid many doubts about where Musk will take Twitter, the sequence [of his tweets] only deepened the uncertainty.
ELON MUSK IS Q!!!!
The IRS will visit each one of those neighbors, with threats to keep quiet or get audited
What “right wing” conspiracy theories was DePape immersed in? 9-11 stuff ain’t right wing. Besides, guy was Castro nudist. Creepy Hitlary is the one spreading nutbar conspiracy theories.
Santa Monica? Hotbed of Republicans, I guess.
Democrats are trying to make the Pelosi guy a Republican in spite of him being a nudist that sells hemp jewelry in Berkeley and has BLM bullshit on his house. This might be their lamest fake news since Jussie Smollet had the whole “this is MAGA country!” story the leftwing networks ran with lol.
The FIB and Capitol Police likely confiscated all the neighbors recordings of that night by the time the sun came up
Sounds like a good girl! Dogs are the best security alongside a shotgun/rifle/sidearm.
Look they covered up big head teds great adventure with Mary jot kopeknick where he led a beautiful career within the democrat machine for 40 years
The Santa Monica newspaper article that Musk referenced disappeared from their website too.
And then comes back to resume getting assaulted! "Alright, now where were we before I had to go take a pee?" Nobody in the media is talking about this.
Who was the third person (who is not named) who let the police into the house?
What “right wing” conspiracy theories was DePape immersed in? 9-11 stuff ain’t right wing. Besides, guy was Castro nudist. Creepy Hitlary is the one spreading nutbar conspiracy theories.
9/11 conspiracy theories are left wing. “Some people did something” is code for “the Jews did it”. The rumor they spread was all the Jews knew and stayed home that day. The Pentagon crash was faked.
One thing I thought of is why “David” didn’t use the hammer UNTIL the police showed up. Maybe when he realized his hook-up called the police he got angry and attacked Pelosi.
Could be.
Watters and Tucker were good
Hannity just repeated their stuff
Sean teeth whistles when he talks very irritating.
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