Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by 542458 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:46AM (#31026204)

If social media companies actually had the true power to remove topics from public discussion, there would not be public discussion on increasing regulation on these companies or breaking them up.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by ccn0p on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:18AM (#31026584)

the key word we might be hung up on is "remove". they can't just remove, but they can sway just enough to have real social impact.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by themitigating on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:30AM (#31026692)

And yet Trump was elected in 2016 and almost in 2020. Polls also indicate he would win an election between him and Biden right now. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/600146-poll-trump-lead...

33% of the US population thinks the 2020 election was stolen https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-12-28/pol...

What evidence do you have that they hold sway over society?

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by Iwan-Zotow on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:48AM (#31026950)

Ever heard about HB laptop?

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by themitigating on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:58AM (#31027105)

Yes, what about it?

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by refurb on Thursday April 14, 2022 @11:18AM (#31028085)

Well the former Democratic PAC leader now Facebook PR executive had that story pulled until such time it could be “fact checked”. Still waiting 16 months later.

https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1316395902479872000

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