Most liked posts in thread: Elon Musk & Twitter

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Evelyn Hall.

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abe Lincoln

Let the man speak!

 

Amazing that Putin, Isis and the Taliban are allowed accounts but Trump is banned, Even more so that they deleted the true post that Bidens son was involved in alleged fraud Ukraine and that a report confirming no Trump ties to Russia, Both deleted before the election, As with most Media free speech is decided by the owners

 

Everyone spreads lies. It's the way of the world. There is no truth, only ones narrative.

 

Something needed to be done with Twitter. Its censorship criteria had become de facto editorial bias and if you're holding yourself out as simply a platform for people to air their views that's not good.

Whether Musk is the person to turn that around I'm not sure. I'm surprised he can be bothered getting involved with it to be honest and the price looks massive.

 

Trump back spreading lies and anti-democratic conspiracy theories on Twitter. Yeah, great.

 

Yes, apparently most of the Republican Party are hoping Trump doesn't go back on Twitter because they think he would alienate the undecideds and spoil their chances in the midterms.

I wasn't actually suggesting that he be permanently banned - just not looking forward to the prospect of having the orange moron in all our faces again.

 

Jesus Trev - where do you get this stuff from? Pravda? It's established beyond any doubt whatsoever that Trump had his his lackeys put pressure on Zelensky to go digging for dirt on Hunter Biden and that Trump witheld aid to Ukraine to pressure them. Also that Trump publicly supported Putin, on camera, against the intelligence from his own security services. Anyone who thinks that Putin has nothing on Trump is naive in the extreme.

 

Seems a strange mix. Less censorship and unbanning people but removing fake accounts.
Wonder if that means he will be asking for ID

 

Mueller report: Trump cleared of conspiring with Russia - BBC News
Media finally covers Hunter Biden story after avoiding controversy before election | Fox News

 

The Mueller report found no evidence that Trump directly conspired with Russia over his election to president. But it clearly did find evidence that Trump obstructed the investigation (and then concluded that it was beyond the enquiry's remit to prosecute him for that obstruction). So why did Trump obstruct the enquiry? There may be no evidence of direct conspiracy in the election, but that doesn't mean that there are no links going back years between Trump and Putin. It's clear that Trump worships Putin and that Putin went to extraordinary lengths to influence the election of Trump in Russia's best interests, even if Trump wasn't directly complicit in that interference. Putin loves to install patsy leaders in other countries and Trump is one of them.

 

The BBC headline should have read Barr summary of Mueller report


https://time.com/5610317/mueller-report-myths-breakdown/

 

I though that Marina Hyde got it bang on with this line:

"Quite where we’ll be in six months’ time as far as Twitter is concerned remains tantalisingly unclear, but it seems difficult to imagine it will be either a more or less pleasant space."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/26/twitter-elon-musk-ill-advised-tweet-angry

 

Wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't complete the purchase