HEHe can master the keys and use them to lock himself in a narrow prison. This is the paradox of Elon Musk, who became the owner and boss of Twitter on October 27, 2022 (he became X in July), and a year later seems in every respect a mental prisoner of the platform.
Of course, when the capricious boss of Tesla Motors and SpaceX takes over the bluebird social network, neither will be a rumor-proof genius, nor will the other be a haven for measured debate. Twitter is already known for its chaos, and it was because of his inordinate use of the platform that he became the richest man in the world – so much so that after he was accused of manipulating Tesla’s stock price through inconsistent posts, Twitter Committed in 2019He agreed with the Wall Street police to no longer tweet about his company.
But the marriage between the most scrutinized social network of politicians and the most unpredictable billionaire quickly gave rise to a festival full of fanciful, biased and provocative claims. Divisive entrepreneur barely bought Twitter relay a homophobic conspiracy theory he found on a far-right conspiracy site (he will apologize). A few weeks later, as his ruthless rule sowed discord, implies that a former employee It is stated that Twitter, with which it is in conflict, encourages the sexualization of children. He had already called a speleologist who had the misfortune of criticizing his ideas a pedophile in 2018 – conciliatory, American justice I saw this as nothing more than a simple insult.
But for Elon Musk, fraud is not just a way to manage conflicts. It’s a piece of clothing that he takes off less and less frequently. Internet entrepreneur shares without blinking an eye fake news articles like apocryphal quoteshe never seemed to ask the question of their authenticity.
A particularly naive Internet user
In this context, nothing could be more destabilizing than examining Elon Musk’s sometimes unfiltered responses to false claims. A Trump influencer shares a manipulative video trying to make people believe, despite all evidence, that those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021 were being pursued by the collusion police who boss the platform jump with two feet trapped and written “This is madness. The public has been misled.”
Another far-right figure, a man named Big Kanekoa, wonders and pretends to wonder as he looks at a graph on the evolution of the flu “Where did it go in 2020 and 2021? “. Elon Musk then reacts without the slightest critical distance: “Good question”As if it were not up to him to use the conspiratorial antiphon, do your own research. ” Strange “, he replied again To another far-right account that shared a manipulative graphic about racist crimes in the US.
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