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Re:Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to d... by hotdogscout on Saturday August 26, 2023 @09:56AM (#37272977)
Elon is less polished or inclined to perform but it's a lot easier to read him and I like this.

Jack Dorsey was much worse in this respect and he'd actually DJ twitter discourse behind the scenes in secrecy.

https://nypost.com/2022/12/17/twitter-leadership-full-of-for...

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Re:Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to d... by mistermann on Saturday August 26, 2023 @10:01AM (#37273032)
Possibly relevant:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_influence_on_public_opin...

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/09/archives/cia-infiltration...

But then, it's a dangerous world out there, who am I to say whether the ends justify the means or not?

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Re:Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to d... by hotdogscout on Saturday August 26, 2023 @10:24AM (#37273210)
Elon is butting heads with Palantir though, while Dorsey employed them.

My country (Brazil) was subjected to a CIA backed coup but after seeing the fate of freedoms in socialist neighbors I think it was for the better.

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