New defamation suit against Elon Musk over tweets reveals how the billionaire spreads misinformation and lurks on secret Twitter accounts.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14079046

Elon Musk‘s erratic posting on X, formerly Twitter, has come back to haunt him once again as a 22-year-old Jewish man pursues a defamation case over tweets in which the tech mogul baselessly suggested the recent college graduate was an undercover federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi during a street fight between far-right groups. Musk’s excruciating March 27 deposition in the matter, which a judge ordered released to the public over the objections of the CEO’s lawyer, reveals the extent to which he has continually sabotaged both himself and the social media platform he owns.

  • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    It’s a good idea to allow idiots to make fools of themselves so that other idiots won’t think they are great.

    • The AssmanEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Counterpoint: Biden is struggling against Trump in the polls

      • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        People say that then they say that it’s not that then they say that it is that again.

        • The AssmanEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Point is he isn’t a billion points ahead of him, and decades of negative press made Trump no less successful.