More like Elon ego was hurt, so he’s retaliating the only way he knows how.
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Not a surprise unfortunately. Brazil has historical has issues with government abuse of power.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
dsilverz@thelemmy.club 4 weeks ago
It just that when billionaires get billionaire, money is not as funny as before, so they need to pursue other sources of dopamin, such as playing gods or dealing with politics. In case of Musk, both of them (Neuralink, although an interesting advance in scientific knowledge, is commercially his “god role” trying to find a way to the human brain, and Xwitter is his political tool).
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I doubt it in this case. Somehow I don’t think Xitter wants to deal with the Brazilian government
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
They do prefer to live in their imaginary bubble, but that’s not how life works. He has no issue with being government’s bitch when it suits him, but when his ego is attacked, you are enemy #1.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Unlike countries like Turkey, that have never been shown to abuse their power.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
The “abuse of power” was telling Xitter to remove illegal content.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Illegal content can be anything though. It is hard to make any judgment without knowing what it was
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Accounts that were spreading fake news and harassment. Those things are crimes. There were investigations and legal proceedings.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Still vague. Fake news can be anything that the current government doesn’t like