Elon Musk appeared take a dig at the Associated Press Thursday. It was the latest backlash against news outlets Musk claims push misinformation.
Two tweets. Musk:After publishing a report on a poll that he had conducted earlier in the day, the news outlet was deemed an expert in misinformation.
“Twitter couldn’t hope to compete!” He added the following tweet.
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Musk had conducted a survey of his 118.8 millions followers to find out if Twitter should offer a “general amnesty for suspended accounts” that do not violate the law or attribute spam posts to them.
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After more than 3.1 million people responded to the poll — and a whopping 72.4% said “yes” Twitter should reinstate these accounts — Musk tweeted: “The people have spoken. Amnesty starts next week.
“Vox Populi Vox Dei,” added the CEO of Twitter, a Latin phrase meaning “the voice and the people, the voice God.”
AP then published a report acknowledging Musk’s decision, which Musk then seemed to dispute.
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“New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting ‘amnesty’ for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a Increase in harassment“Hate speech and misinformation,” reads the AP report, published Nov. 24.
After Musk’s initial tweet, he said AP “piqued” his “curiosity” about the “online experts” the new outlet had spoken to and then cited in their report.
The swipe is the latest in Musk’s recent pushback on News outletsThat have allegedly misreported details about him and Twitter.
In a series of tweets Wednesday afternoon, Musk called out different news reports that alleged FTX’s disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried rolled his $100 million holdings of Twitter, when it was public, into private shares.
First, Musk discredits an identical claim published by Business Insider. It specifically stated that “Sam Bankman Fried” reportedly holds a $100 Million stake in Elon Musk’s Twitter.
Musk responded: “[Business Insider]It is not a publication.”
Musk later discredited a Semafor Report alleging Bankman-Fried owned a large chunk of a debt-laden, now privately-held Twitter. According to the report, a “FTX balance sheet” was prepared following the takeover’s closing on Oct. 28th and distributed to investors earlier in this month.
Musk responded, “SBF/FTX are not owners of shares in Twitter,”
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He continued, “There was once a time when truth was important to you.” It is long past that.
Musk tweeted another time, calling the claim “flat incorrect” and stating that there was “no gray area” about whether FTX shares were owned by Bankman-Fried.
Musk responded again, denying Bankman Fried any ownership Tweets.
He stated that Twitter’s public stockholders had the right to convert their shares into a private company. However, he refused to do so. Your reporting made it seem like he did when in reality he only owns 0%.
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Musk is the Twitter owner for many weeks. Actively polled his followersWhich policy decisions should be made by the company. One example was the reinstatement of the Twitter account by former President Donald J. Trump. Another was Rep. Majorie TaylorGreene.
