• kia@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    He definitely bought Twitter to “preserve free speech” and totally not to collect data and manipulate elections, right?

    • alekwithak
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      11 months ago

      I mean he also got to burn down the most popular public platform.

    • AshMan85
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      11 months ago

      Probably but no one will do anything about it

      • Sparking@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        That’s only when it comes to advertising and messaging. Once you start bringing up actual government processes like registering to vote and polling location information it gets interesting. Lying about the voter registration process for instance, which this seems close to.

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    11 months ago

    Fascinating. I hope Elon Musk gets more personally involved in this effort so his unique leadership can improve the odds of success.