The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”
It’s important to remember that the far-right does strategize like this, like an abusive partner planning revenge on an ex.
Do you know what the most common topic of discussion is in neo-nazi chat rooms? It’s not how much they hate minorities, it’s how to get other people to hate minorities just as much as they do.
Unsurprisingly, popular techniques include memes, pretending to be moderates or “leftists”, blaming progressives for people becoming neo-nazis, signal boosting content that reflects badly on “undesirables” and of course their current favourite, pretending those undesirables are sexual predators or support sexual predators.
I could live my whole life never hearing “news” about twitter, musk, etc ever again.
Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the 3,000-word anonymous article said, would amount to a “declaration of war against the Globalist American Empire.” The sender of the texts was offering Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, a playbook for the takeover and transformation of Twitter. As the anniversary of Musk’s purchase approaches, the identity of the sender remains unknown.
The article then expressed sympathy for the Russian-government-controlled news outlets Russia Today and Sputnik, saying they had been unfairly “canceled” after Russia invaded Ukraine. Musk ended the use of “state-sponsored media” labels on Twitter this year, dropping it from the accounts of Russia Today, Sputnik and many other state-owned organizations. The change reportedly prompted RT editor Margarita Simonyan to send Musk a note of appreciation.
Duh
