in the US midterm elections and, when they lost, spread a conspiracy theory that Sam Bankman-Fried laundered money for the Democrats. He is, though hardly a Trumper, cheerfully adjacent to the culture war politics of the American far right.
This would suggest that the billionaire takeover was, in part, a political move aimed at “disrupting” communications networks that the American right has repeatedly claimed are biased against it., as a political entity, punches well above its business weight. In its early days, it thrived on its association with the Obama White House, and its presumed role in “Twitter revolutions” . It was seen as a means of projecting US influence abroad.
Despite what Musk thinks, Twitter’s old board didn’t wield this power for the left, or even for liberals. Their content moderation policies evolved over time to placate advertisers and governments. They did not want to get rid of the various fascist microcelebrities and far-right disinfotainers, let alone the lucrative big beasts of the far right such as Trump and Alex Jones: they were forced to. Now, under Musk’s one-man rule, Twitter is being realigned.
The reinstatement of Trump’s account will not bring back the days when the former president was worthRichard Seymour is a political activist and author; his latest book is The Twittering Machine
You're off your tree..........
Crushing the woke Left permanently is better achieved this way, than by bullets and gulags. Although...
Someone please remind Richard that Twitter was losing money hand over fist, and Musk has been making changes to make it profitable again. The only downturn is ad space, which will likely turn around. And the removal of that by companies was political
Cope
never cared if their reporting was truthful - all they want is a political win.
He is not a politician so I don't buy the idea of a political win. He has previously stated he use to vote democrats, so what has changed? Hint, it's not him🤔