Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Saudis? No interest in control over what was THE app to get world updates and news?

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I didn’t say that. I said they have no horse in the “does Elon look foolish race”. My post is communicating that they very much have a horse in the “information control” race.