Elon Musk seems to have suffered a rough week. From getting booed by an audience at an event to losing the number one spot in the world's richest list, things around Musk don't seem to be in great shape. In the latest, Musk's Twitter has suspended the accounts of prominent journalists who covered him and he has also sold off more shares at Tesla.
Regarding the bans of Aaron Rupar, Ryan Mac, Keith Olbermann, Donie O’Sullivan, Drew Harwell, Matt Binder - This seems to be a sneaky, underhanded reinterpretation of dox moderation to stop journalists from doing their job and engaging with information that is already public.
— Bradley Barker - Arbiter of Nothing (@Brad22498) December 16, 2022
Elon's Twitter has just suspended at least 8 journalists this evening. Here is the list we've compiled thus far:
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) December 16, 2022
- Ryan Mac NYT
- Donnie O'Sullivan CNN
- Drew Harwell Wash Post
- Matt Binder Mashable
- Micah Lee The Intercept
- Aaron Rupar
- Tony Webster
- Keith Olbermann
Elon just joined Twitter space to accuse journalists of doxing when they share links. When challenged, he randomly leaves. pic.twitter.com/JxBIbSGj5v
— Curtis Morrison (@curtismorrison) December 16, 2022
Anyone recognize this person or car? pic.twitter.com/2U0Eyx7iwl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022
So you accuse this man of stalking your son - which, to be clear, I'd strongly condemn - without proof of wrongdoing, but you post a video of him including a license plate, which is identifying info, and you complain that journalists, whose posts you can't show, doxxed YOU? Sure.
— 🏳️🌈 Ben Verhaegen 🏳️🌈 (@BenVerhaegen) December 16, 2022
Tesla stock down 60.58% this year. Pass it on. pic.twitter.com/rFOxAlw3Nr
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 16, 2022
I am multi-billionaire before I invested in Tesla, will continue to be if Tesla goes to zero.
— KoGuan Leo (@KoguanLeo) December 14, 2022
I plan to invest more $billion bc Tesla will be the biggest company with or without Elon
As his fanboy, I invested bc of Elon. Of course, I prefer Elon to be CEO but he abandoned Tesla https://t.co/IuxCPhTBMZ
To top it all off, Elon Musk got a real-time update on his popularity rating.
Turns out Twitter can, in fact, be real life. https://t.co/FFpups1yEy pic.twitter.com/41jcZgdDR4
— Steven Goffman (@SteveGoffman) December 12, 2022
Musk was at a comedy show in San Francisco last Sunday with controversial comedian Dave Chappelle. When Chappelle introduced Musk asking the crowd to "make some noise", the Twitter boss came up waving his hands in the air expecting raucous applause. That didn't happen. Instead he was booed… for 10 minutes… VERY LOUDLY.