• kia@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    He definitely bought Twitter to “preserve free speech” and totally not to collect data and manipulate elections, right?

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        5 months ago

        Especially since the Tribunal of Six decided that government regulatory agencies aren’t actually allowed to regulate anything

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      5 months ago

      Unlikely. Almost nothing is, especially anything done by a PAC.

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        That’s only when it comes to advertising and messaging. Once you start bringing up actual government processes like registering to vote and polling location information it gets interesting. Lying about the voter registration process for instance, which this seems close to.

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    Fascinating. I hope Elon Musk gets more personally involved in this effort so his unique leadership can improve the odds of success.