Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by concinds on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:48PM (#33376784)

Fair, but I doubt that would be in China's interest. For example, we haven't seen China try to do that with Apple Podcasts, Apple News or (less significantly) Apple Music content that might be anti-China. I'm not seeing a track record here.

China will do what it always did before with other companies: try to hack Twitter to get sensitive data, and try to place spies in high places to obtain trade secrets, IP, and technology.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by Jalad on Friday October 28, 2022 @06:15PM (#33378665)

I'm not sure if China even needs to actively do anything in order to create a chilling effect on Musk. Maybe he will just censor things on the platform proactively to appease the relevant authorities/interests. That's of course speculation, but there's precedent for it happening already (see Disney[0])

Honestly though I'm just entertaining the idea. I'm not too worried about Musk's acquisition of Twitter

[0]: https://hir.harvard.edu/rated-c-for-censored-walt-disney-in-...

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