Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X’s revenue.
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Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetrators
Submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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Spitzspot@lemmings.world 4 months ago
blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
One he knows he can’t get out from under
magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 months ago
Looked at from another angle, Musk wants courts/government telling businesses that they’re required to spend their money to support other businesses - regardless of how those businesses are run, or the beliefs touted by their outspoken executives.
This sounds like an absolute nightmare for republicans and libertarians. I almost hope it succeeds. It’s not like I’ve got a horse in this race.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s not like I’ve got a horse in this race.
Same, except there’s that whole “forward the cost to the consumer” thing that business tends to do. Especially when such rules apply to everyone, so there’s no competitive disadvantage in doing so.
magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 months ago
Businesses will just redirect some of their existing advertising budget, which we’re already paying for anyway. The net cost to the consumer will remain the same.
Zier@fedia.io 4 months ago
BREAKING NEWS:
Man who destroys own company suing everyone else to blame them for his own incompetence!krashmo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So the argument is that by encouraging its members to stop advertising on Twitter this organization has deprived the market of conservative content and viewpoints which violates both antitrust and first amendment protections. I feel like that’s going to be a tough sell considering Elon told advertisers concerned about his takeover of Twitter to go fuck themselves and he didn’t need their money.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Actions having consequences??? I’m not sure Elon knows of such a concept!
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Whatsa matter emerald boy, is your nazi platform failing under your “leadership”? Go cry about it to the people you pay to tolerate your presence.
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Isnt this just the free market doing what it wants? Capitalism working as intended.
baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They should just play that clip where he said go fuck yourself over and over
morphballganon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“The big kids don’t want to play with me Mommy”
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thats not true. I love taking a baseball bat and smashing a baseball. Has Elon considered dressing up as the Cincinnati Reds mascot?
MechKit@beehaw.org 4 months ago
So that’s how the free market works, anyone that doesn’t buy your product is a criminal?
pyre@lemmy.world 4 months ago
what a little bitch boy
htrayl@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The “free speech absolutist” at it again!
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And I call for a second moon!
ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 4 months ago
uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah, Elon. Take your drugs and sit down.
Or better: Step back and STFU!1!!
niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They can always push trump bibles and anti-gay-frog pills. Or something. Whatever.
StaySquared@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Got a video of this? Of him making that statement, directly from his mouth?
yuri@pawb.social 4 months ago
Literally the second sentence of the article contains a link to the post he made where the quite is sourced.
Literally the second sentence.
StaySquared@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oh derp… I didn’t even see the link at the top of the page.
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What happened “free speech” and “the invisible hand of the free market”, Apartheid Lonny?
ThePantser@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Same thing that prevented the free market from tanking the auto industry in 08. Government saves it’s favorite toys