Tag: Elon Musk

Musk Forestalls the Free Market Versus Free Speech War

Elon Musk, the world’s richest entrepreneur and a Renaissance Man who builds and flies spacecraft, brought electric cars closer to practicality than anyone before, and skewers the left with the immunity of someone who can’t be pigeonholed as a right-winger, just spent nearly $3 billion making himself Twitter’s largest shareholder and charming his way onto…


Musk Asks ‘Is Twitter Dying?’ in Cryptic Tweet After Devin Nunes Calls It a ‘Ghost Town’

Elon Musk, who recently joined Twitter’s board of directors, sent a cryptic tweet on Saturday asking whether Twitter is “dying,” coming just days after Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes called Twitter a “ghost town” when asked to comment on Musk’s involvement in the company. Musk, who recently bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter that…


Twitter to Hold ‘Ask Me Anything’ Session to Address Concerns About Elon Musk

Twitter announced on Friday that it would be holding an “Ask Me Anything” session of questions concerning the role of Elon Musk, whose recent acquisition of a major stake in the company has raised both hopes and alarms that the Tesla CEO may radically overhaul the company’s content moderation policy. In an internal email first…


Musk’s Stake in Twitter Represents a Potentially Seismic Shift in Our Political Landscape | Truth Over News

Elon Musk, who recently foreshadowed his interest in a social media platform that actually allowed open discourse, has now reported that he owns 9.2 percent of Twitter stock and has obtained a seat on Twitter’s board. Given the lag in SEC reporting requirements, it’s all but certain that Musk’s actual stake is now far larger…


Analysis: Musk’s Twitter Bet Gins up Meme Stock Hype

NEW YORK—Kyle Ash snapped up $2,615 worth of Twitter Inc shares as soon as he heard that Elon Musk had become the social media company’s largest shareholder. The 25-year-old retail worker from Reading, Britain bought into Twitter on Monday after shares surged 27% on news of Musk’s investment in the San Francisco-based company. Ash paid…


Elon Musk’s Twitter Investment Is a Win for Free Speech: Conservative Fund Manager

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk this week made headlines by becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder and joining its board of directors. Conservatives hope Musk will use significant influence to restore free expression on Twitter and possibly reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account. Lifting the ban on Trump’s Twitter page will be “a litmus test for change”…


Does Elon Musk’s Twitter Stake Spell Hope for an End to Bitcoin and Dogecoin Giveaway Scams?

Among the most tweeted about topics by Elon Musk is cryptocurrency. Could the recent announcement that the world’s richest person took a stake in Twitter Inc lead to a crack down on cryptocurrency giveaway scams? What Happened: The Tesla Inc  CEO is now the owner of 9.2 percent of Twitter Inc thanks to a stake revealed…


Does Elon Musk’s Investment Make Twitter a Serious Buyout Candidate?

Twitter Inc shares are up 30.4 percent this week after Tesla Inc  CEO and world’s richest man Elon Musk disclosed a new 9.2 percent ownership stake in Twitter and announced on Tuesday joined Twitter’s board of directors. Musk tweeted he is already “working with [Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal] & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in…


Can Elon Musk Defeat the Censors?

Commentary A remarkable and truth-telling post appeared over the weekend from the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey. Despite how the platform went to heck under his leadership—presuming he really ever had control—he has done good for the world. For years, he has seemed to object to how his own company was operating….


Conservatives Urge Elon Musk to Reinstate Donald Trump’s Twitter Account

Conservatives are calling on Elon Musk to restore former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account after the Tesla CEO acquired a 9.2 percent passive stake in the company. Taking to Twitter, a number of individuals who support Trump asked for his account to be reinstated after it was permanently removed from the social networking site in January 2021, with…