# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 466
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9306 "2024-03-25T03:47:10Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Just say no. Can it be switched off? Not really. Read the article I posted right above. Also, listen to the related podcast. And yes, it absolutely can be a digital leash for controlling spouses, children, etc. Not much chance to say no. > **[Your Car May Be Spying on You](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/podcasts/the-daily/car-gm-insurance-spying.html)** > > Modern vehicles can track all kinds of data, including location and driving style, raising a host of troubling privacy issues. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9307 "2024-03-25T03:48:21Z")
Yeah, that movement I would guess LOVES modern cars. No need to plant the trackers. Stalkers and assholes gonna stalk and be assholes, and they love modern tech to help them do so. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9308 "2024-03-25T07:06:56Z")
From a Governmental POV it hardly matters is there is any tracking in your car. We all put a feature complete tracking device in our pocket every time we leave our house (or go to the next room IN our house) This doesn’t mean it is ok for car manufacturers to join in on the fun. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9309 "2024-03-26T14:49:40Z")
30 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Do you carry your cell phone with you at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home/999386/6) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9317 "2024-03-25T19:18:17Z")
Great news: a judge has dismissed Musk’s SLAPP suit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate. > **[Judge throws out Elon Musk's X lawsuit against nonprofit](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-x-twitter-ccdh-lawsuit-rcna144960)** > > Musk targeted the Center for Countering Digital Hate after it released a report called “Toxic Twitter” last year about hate speech and conspiracy theories on the platform. Musk recently announced X would be picking up a 300K legal bill for a Canadian doctor who hit back at critics of her fringe Covid positions with a multimillion dollar libel suit that also got tossed. > **[Vaccine-doubting doctor ordered to pay $1M in legal costs after her libel...](https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/vaccine-doubting-doctor-to-pay-1-million-in-legal-costs-libel-suit)** > > She accused her detractors of being a 'pack of hyenas' bent on destroying her reputation, but it proved to be an expensive counter-attack Elon just doesn’t get this free speech thing. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9318 "2024-03-25T21:10:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Elon just doesn’t get this free speech thing. Much like your bogwater 12-year-old internet troll, Elmo’s understanding of freedom of speech boils down to “I can say whatever I want and NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT”. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9319 "2024-03-25T21:37:37Z")
That NBC article about the judge bodyslamming Musk’s suit has a couple choice quotes but is pretty brief. Here’s a much longer analysis if you really want to roll around in the schadenfreude. > **[Judge Slams Elon Musk For Filing Vexatious SLAPP Suit Against Critic, Calling...](https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/25/judge-slams-elon-musk-for-filing-vexatious-slapp-suit-against-critic-calling-out-how-it-was-designed-to-suppress-speech/)** > > Self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk has just had a judge slam him for trying to punish and suppress the speech of critics. Judge Charles Breyer did not hold back in his ruling dismiss… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9320 "2024-03-25T22:22:14Z")
If I could interrupt with an FQ question, how is this judge involved? Last I knew, Musk had judge-shopped this case to Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas. Was it transfered to Judge Charles Breyer somehow? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9321 "2024-03-26T15:01:35Z")
2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Do you carry your cell phone with you at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home/999386) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9323 "2024-03-25T23:38:53Z")
After some research I think the answer is that these are two different cases. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9324 "2024-03-25T23:50:33Z")
Huh, so it looks like the Texas case is still proceeding. I don’t quite get how the case was filed in two separate courts. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9328 "2024-03-26T00:20:55Z")
What was dismissed today was _X v. Center For Countering Digital Hate_, from the Northern District of California. Still in play in Texas is _X v. Media Matters For America_, filed in the Northern District of Texas. Two separate cases. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9331 "2024-03-26T01:43:06Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Musk’s obsession with breeding is seriously creepy. Especially since it’s white people he wants to breed. This is 100% about him justifying his own refusal to wear condoms. “I’m saving civilization!” c’mon, we all know Little Elmo likes to feel the rain. This, plus: “ok, maybe I don’t have friends or a girlfriend, but I got an employee pregnant as physical proof that I’m a sex-haver” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9333 "2024-03-26T02:08:28Z")
NVM, kind of hijackish ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9334 "2024-03-26T02:19:45Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > This, plus: “ok, maybe I don’t have friends or a girlfriend, but I got an employee pregnant as physical proof that I’m a sex-haver” Much as I dislike Elmo, let’s face it, the richest man in the world isn’t going to have problems getting laid, even if he is Elmo. I mean he’s had 3 marriages and 11 children. The kinds of women willing to sleep with the richest man in the world might be a bit lacking in some areas themselves (think Amber Heard threesome), but plenty will. God, I wish I could bleach my brain back to the day when I knew nothing of Elmo’s sex life. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9335 "2024-03-26T02:25:22Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Much as I dislike Elmo, let’s face it, the richest man in the world isn’t going to have problems getting laid, even if he is Elmo. And yet he had to try and bribe a flight attendant with a horse in exchange for a handy. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9340 "2024-03-26T06:46:47Z")
If I might hijack this thread about cell phone habits for a moment, here’s an article detailing the many ways Elmo’s “Democrats are importing brown people to vote for them” BS is, well, BS. > **[Elon Musk has fully bought into the ‘great replacement’](https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/25/24111405/elon-musk-great-replacement-conspiracy-immigration-don-lemon)** > > Musk’s dogwhistles are getting louder, but he still wants plausible deniability. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9341 "2024-03-26T07:29:07Z")
I realise Elon does not share this attitude, but actually what’s wrong with a great replacement? It seems a net positive for humanity if white supremacists become a tiny minority, or preferably extinct. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9342 "2024-03-26T08:11:01Z")
Personally, I’d rather live next door to a Mexican immigrant than a MAGA. The immigrant probably has better home cooking and listens to less annoying music. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9343 "2024-03-26T09:54:27Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I realise Elon does not share this attitude, but actually what’s wrong with a great replacement? It seems a net positive for humanity if white supremacists become a tiny minority, or preferably extinct. Yes, this has been my view all along: GRT is tinfoilhattery, but given the people who espouse it I’m definitely onboard with them being “replaced”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=467)