According to a new report from the Media Research Center, Google has allegedly been engaging in election interference for at least 16 years. The media watchdog group has been studying how Google’s search algorithms are used for censorship. Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham spoke with Morning Wire’s Georgia Howe about the allegations. Catch the full interview on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/texas-law-scotus-ruling-google-s-alleged-election-interference-3-20-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Wire</a>.
Georgia: So Megan, if these claims are true, we’re talking about four presidential cycles and another four midterms, right?
Megan: Yes, that’s a lot of elections, Georgia. The report just released by <a href="https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/gabriela-pariseau/2024/03/18/41-times-google-has-interfered-us-elections-2008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MRC’s Free Speech America</a> arm says Google interfered in US elections 41 times since 2008. And when you take a look at Google’s donations to political parties in just the 2018 midterm elections, for example, you can see just how aligned the company is with one side of the political aisle. 96% of its employee’s political donations went to Democrats. So according to the MRC, the company, “utilized its power to help push to electoral victory the most liberal candidates … while targeting their opponents for censorship.”
In 2012, for instance, it allowed users to engage in a practice called a “Google Bomb” to target Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum. It’s kind of complicated, but it’s basically a way to smear a candidate. Google users manipulate the algorithms by associating his name with undesirable search terms on various web pages. So when you would search Santorum’s name, disparaging and even obscene results would come up.
When the practice impacted the White House’s webpage for Obama, Google fixed it. But, the platform refused to resolve the issue when Santorum’s team complained. In some instances, Google’s interference backed one Democrat over another, leaning towards the more progressive candidate, though interestingly, not in the case of Bernie Sanders vs Clinton. In 2008, Google suspended the accounts of some pro-Hillary Clinton blogs who were critical of Barack Obama. Several of those blogs were listed at justsaynodeal.com.
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Georgia: I’m guessing when it came time for the Clinton — Trump election, they leaned in favor of Clinton.
Megan: Definitely. Turns out the Alphabet company is also pretty good with numbers. According to data scientist and research psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein, who testified before Congress by the way, the impact of Google’s search algorithm was to “shift at least 2.6 million votes” to Clinton in 2016, though of course she still lost to Trump. But according to this it would have been by a wider margin without the Google effect.
What they are essentially alleging is Google manipulated search results to convince voters to pull the lever for Clinton. For example, everyone has used Google’s search bar before, and when you start to type in some text, Google begins to autofill suggestions. During the 2016 election, it would exclude potentially harmful autofill results for Hillary Clinton and would instead suggest things like “Hillary Clinton crime reform” or “Hillary Clinton India”. On the flip side, it would not filter results for Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders.
Google has repeatedly claimed these allegations are false. But when you to listen closely to this Project Veritas undercover recording from 2019 of Jen Gennai, the then Head of Responsible Innovation for Google, you hear a different story:
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#11 In 2019, Project Veritas released footage of Google executive, Jen Gennai, discussing “preventing the next Donald Trump situation.”
She remarked, “We’re also training our algorithms, like, if 2016 happened again, would we have, would the outcome be different?” <a href="https://t.co/4SnvqnyIx3">pic.twitter.com/4SnvqnyIx3</a>
&mdash; KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) <a href="https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1620195679674179585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Irish accent aside, she said, “We’re also training our algorithms if 2016 happened again, would we have, would the outcome be different?” So suggesting they had already begun refining their results to alter election outcomes.
She went on to say: “Elizabeth Warren is saying that we should break up Google. And like, I love her, but she’s very misguided, like that will not make it better. It will make it worse, because now all these smaller companies who don’t have the same resources that we do will be charged with preventing the next Trump situation. It’s like a small company cannot do that.”
So again, a top Google executive saying Congress should not interfere with Google’s almost total dominance of the search engine industry because only Google can prevent someone like Donald Trump from being elected.
Georgia: So what is Google saying about this?
Megan: They haven’t responded at all yet. But some well known names in the tech world are backing MRC’s findings though. Elon Musk, for instance, posted on his platform, X: ““Google interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season!” Musk wrote on X. “This is to be expected when their censorship (aka ‘Trust &amp; Safety’) teams have far Left political views.”
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This article understates the magnitude of the problem – Google interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season!
This is to be expected when their censorship (aka “Trust &amp; Safety”) teams are have far left political views. <a href="https://t.co/y36yzdzIUQ">https://t.co/y36yzdzIUQ</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1769771195035984073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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And of course Google’s new AI tool came under fire recently for producing extremely biased results.
It&#8217;s also worth noting that a few weeks ago, another media analysis company, AllSides, studied Google’s news aggregator and found that <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/23/business/google-news-bias-skewed-even-further-left-in-2023-63-from-liberal-media-sources-only-6-from-the-right-analysis/">63 percent</a> of the news it recommended came from Left-leaning outlets and only 6 percent from right leaning outlets. And only 16 percent from outlets rated “center.”
Georgia: One of my first “wakeup moments” that caused me to be interested in politics was in 2015 or 2016 when I noticed how positive the suggested searches were for Clinton compared to Trump. Thanks, Megan.
Megan: Any time.

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New Report Alleges Election Interference By Google Over A 16 Year Period

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Former Vice President Al Gore called for a ban on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> algorithms, which he argued were the &#8220;digital equivalent of AR-15s.&#8221;
Gore was speaking at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) when he made the comments, saying that the algorithms were designed to lead readers down obscure &#8220;rabbit holes,&#8221; and as such, posed a danger to those who used the platforms.
WATCH:
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&quot;These algorithms, they are the digital equivalent of AR-15s, they ought to be banned&quot;
Former US Vice President Al Gore talks about the &quot;artificial insanity&quot; found in social media echo chambers<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COP28?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COP28</a> latest: <a href="https://t.co/kV8YawB3sH">https://t.co/kV8YawB3sH</a> <a href="https://t.co/6RqQxQWnos">pic.twitter.com/6RqQxQWnos</a>
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Gore compared the so-called &#8220;rabbit holes&#8221; to carnivorous pitcher plants that lure prey to come inside — and once inside, they can&#8217;t get back out.
&#8220;If you have social media that is dominated by algorithms that pull people down these rabbit holes that are a bit like pitcher plants,&#8221; Gore began. &#8220;These algorithms, they are the digital equivalent of AR-15s, they ought to be banned – they really ought to be banned.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s an abuse of the public forum,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But when these — when people are pulled down these rabbit holes — you know what&#8217;s at the bottom of the rabbit hole, that&#8217;s where the echo chamber is. And if you spend too much time in the echo chamber, what&#8217;s weaponized is another form of AI – not artificial intelligence, artificial insanity.&#8221;
The audience laughed at that, but Gore continued: &#8220;I&#8217;m serious! I&#8217;m serious!&#8221;
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&#8220;QAnon is just the best-known version of artificial insanity,&#8221; Gore said. &#8220;These devices are the enemies of self-government, and they&#8217;re the enemies of democracy. We need reforms for both democracy and capitalism.&#8221;
&#8220;Al Gore says social media algorithms are like &#8216;digital AR-15s.&#8217; To globalist elites, free speech is a dangerous weapon that must be seized. They want you to listen to their propaganda &amp; obey accordingly. The good news is you can hear the fear in his voice. They know we’re waking up,&#8221; @DC_Draino posted.
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Al Gore says social media algorithms are like “digital AR-15s”😂
To globalist elites, free speech is a dangerous weapon that must be seized
They want you to listen to their propaganda &amp; obey accordingly
The good news is you can hear the fear in his voice
They know we’re… <a href="https://t.co/vjxRQoWwII">pic.twitter.com/vjxRQoWwII</a>
&mdash; DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) <a href="https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1732088516975190196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It’s funny that Al Gore says social media algorithms are the &#8216;digital equivalent of AR-15s,&#8217; when Conservatives were the ones being silenced online throughout the pandemic,&#8221; Judge Jeanine Pirro added. &#8220;And @AlGore in case you didn’t know — AR-15s are also protected by the second amendment, genius …&#8221;
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It’s funny that Al Gore says social media algorithms are the “digital equivalent of AR-15s”, when Conservatives were the ones being silenced online throughout the pandemic… And <a href="https://twitter.com/algore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlGore</a> in case you didn’t know — AR-15s are also protected by the second…
&mdash; Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudgeJeanine/status/1732451678341812356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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'The Digital Equivalent Of AR-15s': Al Gore Wants To Ban Social Media Algorithms

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After he was booed when he made a surprise appearance on stage with Dave Chappelle at Chappelle’s show at the Chase Center in San Francisco Sunday night, Twitter CEO Elon Musk followed by issuing a ringing denunciation of his leftist foes on Monday morning.
When Chappelle introduced Musk, much of the crowd booed, prompting Chappelle to quip, “It sounds like some of the people you fired are in the audience,” adding, “All of those people who are booing, I&#8217;m just pointing out the obvious, they have terrible seats. It&#8217;s all coming from way up there.”
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Turns out Twitter can, in fact, be real life. <a href="https://t.co/FFpups1yEy">https://t.co/FFpups1yEy</a> <a href="https://t.co/41jcZgdDR4">pic.twitter.com/41jcZgdDR4</a>
&mdash; Steven Goffman (@SteveGoffman) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGoffman/status/1602229546383728640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On Monday morning, Musk took on his critics directly, tweeting, “The woke mind virus is either defeated or nothing else matters.”
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The woke mind virus is either defeated or nothing else matters
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1602278477234728960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Prior to his appearance at Chappelle’s show, Musk had indicated his disdain for the Twitter bots attacking him, tweeting, “Calling all 🤖&amp; 🧌  Please attack me!” followed by “Cool, the bots are so far unable to swarm to the top of my replies!”
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Cool, the bots are so far unable to swarm to the top of my replies!
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1602032467547856897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In late November, Musk posted a 12-second video of something he found in a closet at Twitter headquarters that revealed a truly leftist perspective.
Musk posted a video of the closet that had shelves stacked with T-shirts as part of Twitter’s merchandising, and showed a shelf filled with black T-shirts reading “#Stay Woke.”
“Here we are at the merch and there is an entire closet full of — ” Musk explained, before someone off-camera added, “secret closet.”
“— Hashtag Woke T-Shirts,” Musk concludes.
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Found in closet at Twitter HQ fr 🤣🤣 <a href="https://t.co/3xSI3KvvHk">pic.twitter.com/3xSI3KvvHk</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595250835096621057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Despite criticism from the political Left at how he had handled the company, Musk noted at the time that Twitter had added 1.6M daily active users in the prior week.
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Twitter added 1.6M daily active users this past week, another all-time high <a href="https://t.co/Si3cRYnvyD">pic.twitter.com/Si3cRYnvyD</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594865247323660290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Only hours before his tweet showing the woke T-shirts, Musk took aim at his critics, tweeting, “Wasn’t Twitter supposed to die by now or something … ?”
“Maybe we’ve gone to heaven/hell &amp; don’t know it,” he quipped.
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Maybe we’ve gone to heaven/hell &amp; don’t know it 🤔
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595252303505694720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A coalition of 60+ civil rights and civil society groups calling themselves the “Stop Toxic Twitter” coalition had urged Twitter’s top advertisers to boycott the company, <a href="https://www.stoptoxictwitter.com/">threatening</a>, “Musk must not roll back the basic moderation practices Twitter already has on the books and he must invest the resources necessary to enforce those rules.”
“Sweeping layoffs at Twitter make it impossible for Twitter to uphold brand safeguards and content moderation. Companies should immediately stop advertising in response,” they continued.
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Elon Musk Fires: 'The Woke Mind Virus Is Either Defeated Or Nothing Else Matters'

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Twitter CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> announced a blanket amnesty for Twitter users permanently suspended from the platform.
Musk made the decision Thursday in response to the final results of a poll he tweeted Wednesday. The platform will begin unbanning accounts en masse, except for those who broke the law or engaged in excessive spam, next week, he tweeted in response to the results. Musk has already unbanned a number of popular accounts that were permanently suspended before he took over as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chief-twit-elon-musk-arrives-at-twitters-headquarters-let-that-sink-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chief Twit</a>.&#8221;
On Wednesday, Musk tweeted a poll asking whether or not to unban users that had been permanently suspended. &#8220;Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?&#8221; he wrote.
More than three million users voted in the poll, and the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of amnesty; nearly three-quarters of voters, 72.4%, voted &#8220;yes,&#8221; while just 27.6% voted &#8220;no.&#8221;
&#8220;The people have spoken,&#8221; Musk wrote after the poll concluded. &#8220;Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.&#8221;
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The people have spoken.
Amnesty begins next week.
Vox Populi, Vox Dei.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595869526469533701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
Before the poll ended, Musk seemed to indicate that in effect, the platform would significantly curtail content moderation to target illegal content and increase transparency.
&#8220;Please limit content moderation to illegal content (or, at most, a narrow interpretation of moderation under Section 230) and give users the tools that enable the freedom to choose what content they see,&#8221; Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton replied to the poll.
&#8220;That’s the general idea,&#8221; replied Musk.
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That’s the general idea
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595673560437370880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;[W]hatever it decides to do, twitter should be clear and consistent about it’s rules and penalties for breaking them, enforcement should be unbiased, and the mechanisms of enforcement shouldn’t be easily abused by people who have an agenda,&#8221; DogeCoin creator Billy Markus replied to the poll.
Musk agreed with Markus&#8217; suggestion, replying with the &#8220;100&#8221; and &#8220;bullseye&#8221; emojis. In a separate tweet, he indicated that Twitter&#8217;s policies and enforcement methods were dishonest. &#8220;The more I learn, the worse it gets,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;The world should know the truth of what has been happening at Twitter. Transparency will earn the trust of the people.&#8221;
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The more I learn, the worse it gets. The world should know the truth of what has been happening at Twitter.
Transparency will earn the trust of the people.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595563761402015744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
The blanket amnesty policy is the latest move in Musk&#8217;s effort to restore free speech on Twitter. Under his leadership, the social media giant has already restored the accounts of several high-profile conservative and right-leaning influencers. The list includes: Christian satire site <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-restores-the-babylon-bees-twitter-account-let-that-sink-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Babylon Bee</a>, which likely played a role in Musk&#8217;s decision to buy Twitter in the first place;  clinical psychologist and DailyWire+ host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jordan-peterson-restored-to-twitter-by-elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Jordan B. Peterson</a>; conservative undercover investigative journalism outfit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-reinstates-undercover-journalism-enterprise-project-veritas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Project Veritas</a>; and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-to-reinstate-trump-on-twitter-trump-has-repeatedly-stated-he-wont-come-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
Despite restoring high-profile conservative users, Musk has not been immune from criticism from the right. Conservatives slammed Musk last week after he announced that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-faces-backlash-over-new-policy-on-mean-tweets-meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mean tweets</a> would be aggressively de-boosted, effectively keeping the same &#8220;shadowbanning&#8221; policies that were in effect by Twitter before he took over.
“New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach,” Musk tweeted. “Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted &amp; demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.”
“The very concept of deboosting should not even exist because there shouldn’t be an algorithm on twitter,” one user fired back. “Your timeline should just show the tweets that are posted in the order they are posted. Period. Don’t like it? Block/unfollow.”
&#8220;You paid this guy $8 to make shadowbanning real LMAO,” another user mocked.
&#8220;Ok how is this any different than the previous policy?” added another. “People’s tweets suppressed because a biased rando at twitter thinks a tweet is mean or mad?”

Elon Musk Announces Blanket Amnesty For Suspended Users

Elon Musk Announces Blanket Amnesty For Suspended Users, Will Begin Unbanning Users Next Week

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> floated the idea of starting his own <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/social-media">social media</a> platform Wednesday if he ends up no longer purchasing <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a>.
Musk, who formerly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-purge-is-coming-twitter-explodes-after-elon-musk-tanks-44-billion-deal">made a proposal</a> to buy the social media company at $44 billion, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-the-latest-in-the-elon-musk-twitter-legal-feud">argues</a> that Twitter’s disclosed number of false or spam accounts is inaccurate — possibly numbering as high as 33% rather than Twitter’s reported 5%. The multibillionaire is therefore locked in a legal battle, with the company trying to force the completion of the deal.
In an exchange on Twitter about his recent sale of $6.9 billion in Tesla stock, Musk explained that he is avoiding an “emergency sale” of shares in the “hopefully unlikely” event Twitter forces the deal to close.
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Yes.
In the (hopefully unlikely) event that Twitter forces this deal to close *and* some equity partners don’t come through, it is important to avoid an emergency sale of Tesla stock.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1557198421206769664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
When asked whether he would start his own social media platform if the deal is terminated, Musk simply replied with a link to “X.com.”
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<a href="https://t.co/bOUOejO16Y">https://t.co/bOUOejO16Y</a>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1557199404301307904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
Musk co-founded X.com as an online bank in 1999, which merged with Confinity in the following year to become PayPal. In 2017, Musk purchased the domain name from PayPal while citing “sentimental value,” according to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-teases-xcom-website-possible-twitter-competitor-social-network-2022-8#">Business Insider</a>. The site currently shows nothing more than a small black “X” in the corner of the page.
The outlet noted that Musk referenced X.com at a recent shareholder meeting for Tesla. &#8220;I do sort of have a grander vision for what I thought X Corporation could have been back in the day,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a pretty grand vision and of course that could be started from scratch but I think Twitter would accelerate that by three to five years.&#8221;
Musk, the world’s richest man, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-twitter-files-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-for-refusing-to-honor-his-obligations">said</a> that he does not “care about the economics” of the potential Twitter acquisition “at all,” repeatedly citing the need to address the lack of free expression on the platform.
“It’s important to the function of democracy, it’s important to the function of the United States as a free country and many other countries, and to help freedom in the world more broadly than in the U.S.,” Musk said. “Civilizational risk is decreased the more we can increase the trust of Twitter as a public platform, and so I do think this will be somewhat painful.”
The trial to determine the outcome of the acquisition deal is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-happening-five-day-trial-date-set-for-elon-musk-twitter-dispute">scheduled</a> for October.
“Adoption of the merger agreement by our stockholders is the only remaining approval or regulatory condition to completing the merger under the merger agreement,” Twitter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-misses-earnings-forecast-blames-elon-musk">argued</a> in a recent earnings report, which pinned a loss of $0.08 per share on the proceedings with Musk. “The exact timing of completion of the merger, if at all, cannot be predicted because the merger is subject to ongoing litigation, adoption of the merger agreement by our stockholders and the satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions.”
Meanwhile, Musk’s attorneys said in a July 8 letter that Twitter has neglected to provide accurate information about its user base.
“Mr. Musk and his financial advisors at Morgan Stanley have been requesting critical information from Twitter as far back as May 9, 2022 — and repeatedly since then — on the relationship between Twitter’s disclosed mDAU figures and the prevalence of false or spam accounts on the platform,” the letter said. “Notwithstanding these repeated requests over the past two months, Twitter has still failed to provide much of the data and information responsive to Mr. Musk’s repeated requests.”

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Elon Musk Floats Potential Competitor To Twitter

Elon Musk May Resurrect An Old Company Of His To Compete With Twitter

Parag Agrawal

Elon Musk responded to a tweet from The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ben Shapiro on Wednesday where he laid out what people should expect about the vision that he has for the platform in regard to free speech.
Musk, who fired off several tweets throughout the day, had his offer to buy Twitter approved by the company&#8217;s board of directors this week for $54.20 per share in a deal worth $44 billion.
&#8220;@elonmusk: Twitter should be politically neutral,&#8221; Shapiro tweeted. &#8220;WaPo and every Left-wing blue checkmark: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.&#8221;
&#8220;You guys are giving away your game,&#8221; Shapiro added.
&#8220;Attacks are coming thick and fast, primarily from the left, which is no surprise, however I should be clear that the right will probably be a little unhappy too,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;My goal is to maximize area under the curve of total human happiness, which means the ~80% of people in the middle.&#8221;
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Attacks are coming thick and fast, primarily from the left, which is no surprise, however I should be clear that the right will probably be a little unhappy too.
My goal is to maximize area under the curve of total human happiness, which means the ~80% of people in the middle.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519441841116041219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk added in a separate tweet, “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally.”
Earlier in the day, Musk mocked Twitter’s top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, in a meme, which elicited a response from former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who wrote, &#8220;What&#8217;s going on? You&#8217;re making an executive at the company you just bought the target of harassment and threats.&#8221;
Costolo simultaneously tweeted, &#8220;Bullying is not leadership.&#8221;
Musk responded, &#8220;What are [you] talking about? I’m just saying Twitter needs to be politically neutral.&#8221;
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What are talking about? I’m just saying Twitter needs to be politically neutral.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519427628138217473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-twitter-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story-during-2020-election">weighed in</a> Tuesday on Twitter’s decision to censor an explosive story that was published by the New York Post about then-Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and a laptop that purportedly belongs to Hunter that is filled with content that was problematic for his father’s campaign.
“Vijaya Gadde, the top censorship advocate at Twitter who famously gaslit the world on Joe Rogan’s podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk takeover,” political commentator Saagar Enjeti wrote on Twitter.
Musk responded a short time later, writing: “Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate.”
The head of Twitter’s Site Integrity Team told the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that the company censored the story because U.S. intelligence officials <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/twitter-blocked-hunter-laptop-story-after-intelligence-officials-shared-hack-rumors/amp/">shared</a> “rumors” that Biden would be the target of a hack, despite no evidence emerging that the information in the New York Post’s reporting came from a hack.
Then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/17/jack-dorsey-admits-lockout-of-the-post-was-a-mistake/">told</a> the House Energy and Commerce Committee during a hearing last year that the company made a “mistake” by censoring the story.
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Musk Responds To Shapiro Tweet; Calls Out Former Twitter CEO

Ben Shapiro

After news reports broke Monday about Tesla founder Elon Musk likely striking  a deal to purchase Twitter by as early as the end of the day, some liberals fumed publicly.
Race hustler Shaun King suggested South African-born Musk&#8217;s move to buy the platform was all about &#8220;white power.&#8221;
&#8220;At its root, [Elon Musk] wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs right,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;It’s about white power.&#8221;
&#8220;The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist,&#8221; King continued. &#8220;He’s upset that Twitter won’t allow white nationalists to target/harass people. That’s his definition of free speech.&#8221;
&#8220;Elon Musk has openly called himself a &#8216;free speech absolutist&#8217; and said that he wants to create a space where anything can be said about anyone,&#8221; the activist claimed. &#8220;That’s why white nationalists are giddy today. Here on Twitter and other platforms that I track daily. It’s dangerous.&#8221;
&#8220;And listen, I don’t even like the Democratic Party,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So for me, this isn’t about left vs right. Not at all. It’s about how the richest man in the world, a son of Apartheid, raised by a white nationalist, wants to be sure his speech, and that of other white men, isn’t censored.&#8221;
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At its root, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ElonMusk</a> wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs right.
It’s about white power.
The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist.
He’s upset that Twitter won’t allow white nationalists to target/harass people. That’s his definition of free speech.
&mdash; Shaun King (@shaunking) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1518576839777734657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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And listen, I don’t even like the Democratic Party.
So for me, this isn’t about left vs right. Not at all.
It’s about how the richest man in the world, a son of Apartheid, raised by a white nationalist, wants to be sure his speech, and that of other white men, isn’t censored.
&mdash; Shaun King (@shaunking) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1518592914347147265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Actress Yvette Nicole Brown compared the reported deal between Musk and Twitter to a &#8220;deal with the devil.&#8221;
&#8220;For those leaving [Twitter] after this [Elon Musk] deal with the devil goes thru, make sure you download an archive of everything you’ve contributed to this space,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;You had a good run, Twitter!&#8221;
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For those leaving <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@twitter</a> after this <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> deal with the devil goes thru, make sure you download an archive of everything you’ve contributed to this space. 
You had a good run, Twitter!
&mdash; yvette nicole brown (@YNB) <a href="https://twitter.com/YNB/status/1518589321288118273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Young Turks host Adrienne Lawrence was looking for a new &#8220;tech bro&#8221; out there to challenge Musk.
&#8220;With news of Elon Musk possibly buying Twitter… Do you think there’s another billionaire or tech bro out there creating a new platform in hopes of luring soon-to-be former Twitter users?&#8221; she posed.
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With news of Elon Musk possibly buying Twitter…
Do you think there’s another billionaire or tech bro out there creating a new platform in hopes of luring soon-to-be former Twitter users?
&mdash; Adrienne Lawrence, Esq. (@AdrienneLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdrienneLaw/status/1518590235503783940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So if/when Elon Musk takes control of Twitter and turns it into a malevolent mouthpiece, where should Democrats and Progressives go for free speech on social media?&#8221; said consultant Nikki Finke. &#8220;An existing site or do we start our own?&#8221;
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So if/when Elon Musk takes control of Twitter and turns it into a malevolent mouthpiece, where should Democrats and Progressives go for free speech on social media? An existing site or do we start our own? <a href="https://t.co/XmHYBowTeQ">pic.twitter.com/XmHYBowTeQ</a>
&mdash; Nikki Finke (@NikkiFinke) <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiFinke/status/1518589728559353858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When an oligarch buys a communication platform to distribute rightwing propaganda that&#8217;s not democracy,&#8221; professor Jennifer Mercieca complained.
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When an oligarch buys a communication platform to distribute rightwing propaganda that&#39;s not democracy.
&mdash; Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) <a href="https://twitter.com/jenmercieca/status/1518564610416300034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-twitter-could-reach-deal-today-report">The Daily Wire</a> reported Monday that Musk could buy Twitter by the end of the day in an agreement exceeding $46.5 billion.
&#8220;Twitter’s share price has risen since Musk made his offer of $54.20 per share, pushing the cost of a takeover closer to $50 billion than the original $43 billion,&#8221; the report noted.
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‘It’s About White Power’: Liberals Freak Out Over Musk, Twitter Deal In The Works

Leftists

Twitter’s stock price rose 4% amid a report that Elon Musk may reach a deal with Twitter as soon as Monday.
Talks between the world’s richest man and the social media giant’s leadership are in the “final stretch,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/twitter-on-track-to-reach-deal-with-musk-as-soon-as-monday?sref=WFt20nR4&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_content=markets&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-markets">Bloomberg</a> reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-twitter-set-accept-musks-best-final-offer-sources-2022-04-25/">Reuters</a> reported that Twitter’s board of directors is poised to recommend shareholders accept Musk’s original offer of $54.20 per share.
Twitter’s stock price reached nearly $51 during the first hours of trading on Monday — an increase from roughly $49 around market close on Friday.
The development comes after a Sunday meeting between Musk and Twitter executives to demonstrate that he had financing in place. The Tesla mogul had earlier hinted he might bypass the board with a tender offer directly to shareholders if the board rejected the bid he first announced on April 14.
In a Securities and Exchange Commission <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465922048128/tm2213229d1_sc13da.htm">filing</a> from April 20, Musk revealed that he had obtained a debt commitment letter from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and other financial institutions showing they were committed to provide $13 billion in financing. A separate debt commitment letter from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and certain other financial institutions committing to provide $12.5 billion in margin loans, and an equity commitment letter in which Musk committed to provide equity financing for his offer.
Twitter is also facing increased pressure from shareholders to accept the deal with Musk.
“A concern that Twitter’s board is weighing is that unless it seeks to negotiate a deal with Musk, many shareholders could back him in a tender offer,” Reuters <a href="https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/twitter-under-shareholder-pressure-to-seek-deal-with-musk-sources-say">reported</a>. “While the poison pill would prevent Twitter shareholders from tendering their shares, the company is worried that its negotiating hand would weaken considerably if it was shown to be going against the will of many of its investors.”
Elon Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder in early April following his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-becomes-twitters-largest-shareholder-after-shakeup-tease">purchase</a> of a 9.2% stake in the social media firm. However, the billionaire is now in second place, as asset management firm <a href="https://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=TWTR&amp;subView=institutional">Vanguard</a> owns approximately 10%. He has promised to “make significant improvements to Twitter” and has polled his followers on whether or not Twitter “rigorously adheres” to the principles of free speech.
In the wake of his purchase — after which he was offered a position on Twitter’s board of directors — many employees are wary of reforms that Musk may bring to the site. Twitter told Reuters that the company’s board “plays an important advisory and feedback role across the entirety of our service” while daily decisions are made by Twitter’s management and employees.
One employee found this distinction “hard to believe” and told Reuters, “If that’s the case, why would Elon want a board seat?”
Reuters added that other employees fear Musk will alter Twitter’s “corporate culture” of “inclusivity,” as Musk “has faced widespread criticism for posting memes that mocked transgender people and efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19.”
Musk, however, is no friend to corporate wokeness. He recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-woke-go-broke-elon-musk-says-woke-mind-virus-makes-netflix-unwatchable-as-shares-plummet-20">pinned</a> a drop in Netflix’s share prices on the “woke mind virus,” which makes the streaming service “unwatchable.”

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Twitter Stock Price Rises After News Of Potential Elon Musk Buyout

Stock Market

Twitter is facing mounting pressure from its shareholders to not allow Elon Musk&#8217;s multibillion dollar offer slip away as the company and Musk were reportedly set to meet on Sunday to talk about his offer.
The news comes as Musk has already stated that he will not go higher than his initial $54.20 bid per share, and he recently disclosed that he has $46.5 billion in financing ready to go to buy out the company.
&#8220;A concern that Twitter’s board is weighing is that unless it seeks to negotiate a deal with Musk, many shareholders could back him in a tender offer,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/twitter-under-shareholder-pressure-to-seek-deal-with-musk-sources-say">reported</a>. &#8220;While the poison pill would prevent Twitter shareholders from tendering their shares, the company is worried that its negotiating hand would weaken considerably if it was shown to be going against the will of many of its investors.&#8221;
The company has reportedly shifted gears in regard to Musk’s offer after he disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing last week that he has the money to back up his offer.
“Twitter had been expected to rebuff the offer, which Mr. Musk made earlier this month without saying how he would pay for it,” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-re-examines-elon-musks-bid-may-be-more-receptive-to-a-deal-11650822932?mod=hp_lead_pos1">reported</a> on Sunday. “But after he disclosed last week that he now has $46.5 billion in financing, Twitter is taking a fresh look at the offer and is more likely than before to seek to negotiate.”
Reuters’ report said that the company may try to force a better deal out of Musk by showing him the company’s books or by soliciting offers from other potential buyers.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to wake up next week and see Musk raise what he called his best and final offer to possibly $64.20 per share,” a fund manager who is invested in Twitter told Reuters. “He could also drop the whole thing entirely. Anything is possible.”
The latest developments come after Musk <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465922048128/tm2213229d1_sc13da.htm">listed</a> in a new SEC filing that he had secured $46.5 billion from three sources to buy the company, including $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, $12.5 billion from other banks, and $21 billion from himself.
“If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the spam bots or die trying!” Musk tweeted after the SEC filing was disclosed. “And authenticate all real humans.”
Musk is reportedly still considering taking his bid directly to shareholders by launching a tender offer, which could come as early as this week.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href="https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/glossary/tender-offer">notes</a> that a “tender offer” “is typically an active and widespread solicitation by a company or third party (often called the ‘bidder’ or ‘offeror’) to purchase a substantial percentage of the company’s securities.”
A tender offer is only available for a short period of time and is made to everyone who owns stock in the company. The price offered to purchase the shares is fixed and usually comes at a premium rate compared to the current market value of the stock.

Elon Musk visits construction site of the Tesla Giga Factory

Twitter Facing Mounting Pressure From Shareholders To Take Specific Action Over Potential Buyout: Report

Twitter reportedly is shifting gears in regard to Elon Musk&#8217;s multi-billion dollar offer to buy out the company after he disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing last week that he has the money to back up his offer.
&#8220;Twitter had been expected to rebuff the offer, which Mr. Musk made earlier this month without saying how he would pay for it,&#8221; The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-re-examines-elon-musks-bid-may-be-more-receptive-to-a-deal-11650822932?mod=hp_lead_pos1">reported</a>. &#8220;But after he disclosed last week that he now has $46.5 billion in financing, Twitter is taking a fresh look at the offer and is more likely than before to seek to negotiate.&#8221;
The report described the situation as “fast-moving” with the two sides meeting today to discuss Musk’s proposal.
The company is expected to “weigh in on the bid” later this week when it reports its first-quarter earnings.
“The potential turnabout on Twitter’s part comes after Mr. Musk met privately Friday with several shareholders of the company to extol the virtues of his proposal while repeating that the board has a ‘yes-or-no’ decision to make,” the report added. “He also pledged to solve the free-speech issues he sees as plaguing the platform and the country more broadly, whether his bid succeeds or not.”
The Wall Street Journal report comes after Musk <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000110465922048128/tm2213229d1_sc13da.htm">listed</a> in a new SEC filing that he had secured $46.5 billion from three sources to buy the company, including $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, $12.5 billion from other banks, and $21 billion from himself.
&#8220;If our twitter bid succeeds, we will defeat the spam bots or die trying!&#8221; Musk tweeted after the SEC filing was disclosed. &#8220;And authenticate all real humans.&#8221;
Musk is reportedly still considering taking his bid directly to shareholders by launching a tender offer, which could come as early as this week.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href="https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/glossary/tender-offer">notes</a> that a “tender offer” is “typically an active and widespread solicitation by a company or third party (often called the ‘bidder’ or ‘offeror’) to purchase a substantial percentage of the company’s securities.”
A tender offer is only available for a short period of time and is made to everyone who owns stock in the company. The price offered to purchase the shares is fixed and usually comes at a premium rate compared to the current market value of the stock.
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Twitter Appears To Make Major Reversal In Potential Elon Musk Buyout Of Company

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk blew up the claim that he did not actually found electric vehicle company Tesla.
The world&#8217;s richest man responded in a Twitter thread after entrepreneur Vaibhav Sisinty argued that Musk had simply &#8220;acquired&#8221; the company rather than founding it himself.
&#8220;Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it,&#8221; Sisinty tweeted. &#8220;Just reminding.&#8221;
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Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it.
Just reminding 🙂
&mdash; Vaibhav Sisinty (@VaibhavSisinty) <a href="https://twitter.com/VaibhavSisinty/status/1517018734480994304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/tesla-dubs-elon-musk-its-technoking-in-new-sec-filings/">pushed back</a>, saying that what he had essentially acquired was an idea with no structure or resources behind it.
&#8220;Not even close to that. It was a shell corp with no employees, no IP, no designs, no prototype, literally nothing but a biz plan to commercialize AC Propulsion’s Tzero car, which was introduced to me by JB Straubel, *not* Eberhard,&#8221; Musk tweeted. &#8220;Even name &#8216;Tesla Motors&#8217; was owned by others!&#8221;
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Not even close to that. It was a shell corp with no employees, no IP, no designs, no prototype, literally nothing but a biz plan to commercialize AC Propulsion’s Tzero car, which was introduced to me by JB Straubel, *not* Eberhard. 
Even name “Tesla Motors” was owned by others!
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517052799070126080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If filing a shell corp constitutes “founding a company”, then I’d be the only founder of PayPal, since I filed the original incorporation docs for <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://t.co/bOUOek5Cvy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">X.com</a> (later renamed PayPal), but that’s not what founding means,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517053535464181761">continued</a>.
&#8220;When Eberhard was fired unanimously by the board in July 2007 (for damn good reasons), no one left with him. That says it all,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517054436736126977">said</a>.
Musk concluded by claiming that as long as the &#8220;losing party&#8221; had enough spare time, history could always be changed on Wikipedia. &#8220;They say history is written by the victors, but not on Wikipedia if the losing party is still alive &amp; has lots of time on their hands!&#8221; he said.
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They say history is written by the victors, but not on Wikipedia if the losing party is still alive &amp; has lots of time on their hands!
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1517055957209071617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sisinty later responded that his point had not been to downplay Musk&#8217;s role at Tesla, but rather to suggest that the billionaire could have a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/snl-elon-musk-wants-to-buy-twitter-so-white-guys-can-say-the-n-word/">similar impact on Twitter</a> if he were successful in his bid to acquire that.
&#8220;I believe that @elon can actually &#8216;tap into twitter&#8217;s true potential&#8217; if he acquires it. Hence the tweet! For a company to do well, it needs a strong leader, usually the founder in most companies. Jack is out. Elon can be the one,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/VaibhavSisinty/status/1517085831009554432">explained</a> several hours later.
Sisinty later added one more tweet issuing an apology for tagging &#8220;the wrong&#8221; Elon.
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Oops, wrong <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> was tagged.
&mdash; Vaibhav Sisinty (@VaibhavSisinty) <a href="https://twitter.com/VaibhavSisinty/status/1517149982645960704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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According to the most recent reporting, Musk <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/musk-announces-hes-secured-funding-for-twitter-details-potential-next-move-to-work-around-unresponsive-board/">has secured</a> the funding necessary to move forward with his plans to buy the social media site. As reported by The Daily Wire&#8217;s Amanda Prestigiacamo, &#8220;Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed Thursday that he has received commitment letters for $46.5 billion in funding to purchase Twitter, as well as a workaround since the Twitter board has been unresponsive to the billionaire.&#8221;
Twitter&#8217;s board has adopted a &#8220;limited duration shareholder rights plan&#8221; in an effort to dilute Musk&#8217;s power and stymie any immediate moves he could make to buy the company.

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‘Not Even Close’: Elon Musk Blows Up Claim That He Didn’t Found Tesla

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Fans of one professional sports team are urging entrepreneur Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to drop his quest to buy Twitter for a staggering $43 billion and to instead buy their team.
&#8220;Manchester United fans are pleading with Tesla owner Elon Musk to buy the club from the Glazer family,&#8221; the Manchester Evening News <a href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-tesla-elon-musk-23702587">reported</a>. &#8220;The drive to bring the richest man on the planet started with talkSPORT host and United fan Andy Goldstein responding to a tweet from Musk about his efforts to buy Twitter.&#8221;
Goldstein reportedly responded to a tweet from Musk about his offer to buy Twitter, writing: &#8220;Elon, Elon. Retract your offer. Buy Man United.&#8221;
&#8220;Spend £2bn on the best players in the world,&#8221; Goldstein added. &#8220;Win everything and then boast about it on Twitter.&#8221;
The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10721819/Man-United-fans-urge-Elon-Musk-ditch-41bn-bid-Twitter-buy-club-instead.html">noted</a> that the news comes as dozens of Manchester United fans have &#8220;descended on the club&#8217;s Carrington training ground to protest against the Glazer family&#8217;s ownership, amid yet another season of failure on the pitch.&#8221;
&#8220;Banners reading &#8216;Glazers out&#8217; and &#8216;Disgrace &#8211; Not fit to wear the shirt&#8217; were held up outside the gates to the complex, with United beefing up security in anticipation and calling in police,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;The demonstration on Friday lunchtime appears to be a precursor to a larger anti-Glazer protest planned for Old Trafford ahead of the Premier League match with Norwich City on Saturday.&#8221;
Various reports, mostly in British publications, highlighted numerous tweets that fans have sent to Musk asking him to buy the team.
Twitter has attempted to stop Musk from taking over the company by adopting a so-called “poison pill” that effectively allows all shareholders, except those trying to buy out the company, to purchase newly offered shares at a discounted price.
Musk would have to purchase the new shares at a higher price, which could end up being too much for him to afford, if he wanted to takeover the company. Despite throwing a massive roadblock in Musk’s way, the adoption of the poison pill would not bar Musk from being able to buy the company, it would only make it harder.
“A poison pill is a way to stave off someone until you can get a higher price. It makes it outrageously expensive for the person to buy it,” said Charles Elson, the founding director of the University of Delaware’s Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance. “It’s a doomsday machine, it’s the atomic bomb, everyone gets wiped out — that’s the key.”
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Fans Of One Professional Sports Team Urge Musk To Drop Bid To Buy Twitter And Buy Their Team Instead

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