Blue Checks FREAK OUT Over Elon Musk Taking Over Twitter: ‘About to Unleash the Nazis’

Jackson RichmanOct 28th, 2022, 8:27 am

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Blue-check Twitter users have been freaking out over Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk taking over Twitter.

Musk closed the $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company on Thursday. He reportedly fired CEO Parag Agrawal; CFO Ned Segal; legal policy, trust and safety head Vijaya Gadde; and general counsel Sean Edgett.

While conservatives were elated, others were not.

If you think the anti-Muslim hate on this website is bad now, then hang around a few weeks. Elon Musk is about to unleash the Nazis.

— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) October 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/KevinLevin/status/1585881605134225409?s=20&t=kIrH_JNbSzmga_j-Q-_g3A

I reports that suggest Twitter's CEO and CFO were escorted out of the building after Elon Musk fired them soon after the acquisition competed, this was done in bad taste and reeked of dictatorial tendencies

— Sahil Mohan Gupta (@DigitallyBones) October 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/glentickle/status/1585834856214405120?s=20&t=kIrH_JNbSzmga_j-Q-_g3A

https://twitter.com/davisjsn/status/1585809430599319552?s=20&t=kIrH_JNbSzmga_j-Q-_g3A

Well, social media *users* are bracing for midterm mayhem & mis/disinformation. Not the actual platforms. At least not @Twitter, as Elon Musk just fired the safety chief along with top execs. And the bad guys couldn't be more thrilled.

New Twitter anyone? Thriller? Bueller? pic.twitter.com/yy1rkcdkSB

— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) October 28, 2022

Elon Musk owns Twitter.

China owns TikTok.

A soulless robot owns Facebook.

Does anybody else think it’s bad that they can dictate how our biggest communication and information platforms operate? pic.twitter.com/8VsYtrqRVY

— Heather Gardner (@heathergtv) October 27, 2022

https://twitter.com/ElissaBeth/status/1585716029233442817?s=20&t=kIrH_JNbSzmga_j-Q-_g3A

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1585951874402111489?s=20&t=kIrH_JNbSzmga_j-Q-_g3A

WELP. https://t.co/XZ2fOq3J7e pic.twitter.com/6w9UUoy4wC

— chip goines (@chipgoines) October 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1585799404534976515?s=20&t=kIrH_JNbSzmga_j-Q-_g3A

Dark times. https://t.co/OiXqCx5sg2

— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) October 28, 2022

I'm sure this won't result in this website becoming infinitely worse. https://t.co/E7YR5FOh34

— Mark Gottlieb (@MarkGottlieb) October 28, 2022

Sure, who needs institutional knowledge https://t.co/bYH8Tfj4GJ

— Rachel Sklar (she/her) (@rachelsklar) October 28, 2022

Oh geez https://t.co/dnW7kUzuMp

— Mary Emily O'Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) October 28, 2022

Gross https://t.co/5sGfbW5XPv

— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) October 28, 2022

😥😥😥😥😥😥 https://t.co/qjhW28vY9w

— Jonathan Hicap (@Jonah_writer) October 28, 2022

Stay. Hold your ground like a Ukrainian.

— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) October 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1585838262173675520?s=20&t=UR7OAcE6VrS_qjqWT1mAGw

sooner than later, the bird-freer will get to decide whether to let an ‘awful but lawful’ antisemitic or racist or misogynistic or harassing post or account stand, and we’ll see how he/advertisers respond. that’ll be fun. https://t.co/krU4Iw5BCU

— David Kaye (@davidakaye) October 28, 2022

Roses are red
Musk's all about greed
This website is fucked https://t.co/1PvQYc4KNF

— Adam Roberts (@arrroberts) October 28, 2022

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1586011559196778499?s=20&t=UR7OAcE6VrS_qjqWT1mAGw

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