# Now that Musk bought Twitter -- Breaking News only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news, elon-musk\ **Created:** [November 29, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737 "2022-11-29T13:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/481 "2024-04-22T14:04:34Z")
How many witches can a witch hunter hunter if a witch hunter could hunt witches? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/482 "2024-04-30T01:27:53Z")
There has been X/Twitter-related Musk news this month. He is under investigation for obstruction of justice in Brazil: > **[Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil after...](https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-supreme-court-investigation-a645757b95a66ee658832802908466ab)** > > Justice Alexandre de Moraes is adding the X owner to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news. I don’t think it is so much of a personal legal issue, but X is being criticized for hosting video of an Australian terrorist stabbing: [Musk decision to leave knife attack video on X prompts police terror warning, says Australian senator](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/musk-targets-australian-senator-gun-laws-deepening-dispute-over-x-stabbing-2024-04-24/) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/483 "2024-06-03T18:08:19Z")
No words > **[X changes its rules to allow explicit porn](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/x-twitter-elon-musk-rules-pornography-adult-b2555900.html)** > > New terms explicitly encourage ‘sexual expression’ ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/484 "2024-06-03T18:45:38Z")
Well, so much for wanting Twitter to be a dating site and also a bank. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/485 "2024-06-03T19:30:03Z")
Hey, it goes with the “X” identity. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/486 "2024-06-03T19:45:38Z")
To be fair, it does fit with the “free speech \*(as long as it doesn’t hurt him)” that X is apparently going for. Brian ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/487 "2024-07-28T16:28:53Z")
**Elon Musk reposted a deepfake video of Kamala Harris on X — that may violate his own platform’s policy** [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-reposted-a-deepfake-video-of-kamala-harris-on-x-it-may-violate-his-own-platform-s-policy/ar-BB1qM4f7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=f4398ecb3b8d4eedf65db469c8e168ad&ei=65](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-reposted-a-deepfake-video-of-kamala-harris-on-x-it-may-violate-his-own-platform-s-policy/ar-BB1qM4f7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=f4398ecb3b8d4eedf65db469c8e168ad&ei=65) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/488 "2024-07-28T18:59:15Z")
Of course, recent reporting shows that the platforms rules DON’T actually bind if Musk chooses. I do wish that the EU would stop warning and start banning, since I suspect that that the changes of Musk actually abiding by their requirements are south of a snowballs chance in hell. If Xitter is more or less stopped in the EU, it should help some of the other platforms (which have their own issues, but at least not Musk-issues) push forward towards enough of a critical mass to eventually supplant the now-rotting platform of Musk-holes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/489 "2024-07-28T19:46:49Z")
X has violatable policies? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/490 "2024-07-28T21:22:50Z")
Selectively applied. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/491 "2024-08-06T19:41:48Z")
X plans to sue companies for not advertising: > **[Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/elon-musk-declares-it-is-war-on-ad-industry-as-x-sues-over-illegal-boycott/)** > > "We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk writes. Brian ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/492 "2024-08-06T21:57:27Z")
NYT: > Trump Says Elon Musk Will Interview Him on Monday > > The owner of the social media platform X has evolved from a skeptic of former President Donald J. Trump to one of his most influential supporters. > > Former President Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he would be interviewed next week by Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X and a former skeptic who has come to embrace his candidacy. > > In a post on his own social media site, Truth Social, Mr. Trump said that their conversation would happen on Monday night and that details would follow. [Gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/us/politics/trump-elon-musk-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A04.7cnm.AN5-TUTLhkgB&smid=url-share) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/493 "2024-08-08T01:22:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > X has violatable policies? think: russian case-law ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/494 "2024-08-08T16:22:15Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > X plans to sue companies for not advertising: Remember when Muskhole literally said “don’t advertise” and then said “go fuck yourself” to those advertisers? Seems like the defense team will have an easy time with this case. > **["Go f\*\*k yourself," Elon Musk tells advertisers who left X](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmcq47hVpI%2F)** > > Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers who have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to "Go f\*\*k yourself" during an interview at a New ... ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/495 "2024-08-09T20:16:54Z")
On a related note, the Global Alliance for Responsible Media has been forced to shut down due to a lawsuit from X. > **[Elon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existence | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/tech/elon-musk-garm-advertisers-lawsuit/index.html)** > > A major ad industry group is shutting down, days after Elon Musk-owned X filed a lawsuit that claimed the group illegally conspired to boycott advertising on his platform. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/496 "2024-08-11T12:05:41Z")
Sounds like time for anti-SLAPP to take effect. ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/497 "2025-03-24T07:17:07Z")
Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/498 "2025-03-29T01:16:00Z")
I am not sure what to make of this: - [Musk’s xAI buys Musk’s X social media platform for $33 billion](https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/musks-xai-buys-social-media-platform-x-45-billion-2025-03-28/) > Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired Musk’s X, the social media outfit formerly known as Twitter for $33 billion, marking the latest twist in the billionaire’s rapid consolidation of power. > > The all-stock deal announced on Friday combines two of Musk’s multiple portfolio companies, which also include automaker Tesla and SpaceX, and potentially eases Musk’s ability to train his AI model known as Grok. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/499 "2025-03-29T01:21:00Z")
I make of it “xAI is gonna take off now that our model includes all this formerly inaccessible government data!” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/500 "2025-03-29T02:12:24Z")
> Musk claimed that the combination “will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach. The combined company will deliver smarter, more meaningful experiences to billions of people while staying true to our core mission of seeking truth and advancing knowledge. This will allow us to build a platform that doesn’t just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress.” From > **[Elon Musk Sells X to Elon Musk’s AI Company at $33 Billion Valuation,...](https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/elon-musk-sells-x-to-xai-valuation-1236351570/)** > > Elon Musk said his AI company, xAI, acquired X in an all-stock transaction that values X at $33 billion. Nope, no delusions of grandure there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737.md?page=26)