Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

[thenry]

Originally Posted by Hugh

How?

How would you like to hold Musk accountable? What for? Are there any quotes you could share?

Musk once again shows how dumb he can be.
Tesla shares dropped the other day as well, due to poor sales.

Originally Posted by thenry

I don't know what to say other than hold Musk accountable then?

Accountability is the best ability

Originally Posted by Hugh

How?

Originally Posted by thenry

How would you like to hold Musk accountable? What for? Are there any quotes you could share?

??

[thenry]

You said

Originally Posted by Hugh

If someone else does it, it’s discrimination - if Musk does it, it’s free speech?

What has he done?

Originally Posted by thenry

You said

What has he done?

From my previous posts…

the defender of "free speech" is suing companies because they don't want to advertise on his platform - isn't choosing where to spend/not spend your advertising budget where you want "free speech"?

Media Matters published a report alleging that Musk was allowing ads to be served next to hate speech, Musk didn’t just berate them on his own platform, he sued them.

without evidence, he wrote on X that Community Notes is “being gamed” by governments and the media, and that he is working to “fix” it.

At least five of Musk’s tweets received a Community Note, of which just two remained visible at the time of this publication.

[thenry]

You edited your post while I was responding. I don't know to all that.

Originally Posted by thenry

You edited your post while I was responding. I don't know to all that.

Strange…

I posted those quotes at 16:21 (with an amendment at 16:24) and at 17:51 (with amendments until at 17:59) and you posted

What has he done?

at 20:04.

I then quoted at 20:14 what I had posted earlier.

Anyhoo, on a lighter note…

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/t...ttlements.html

Elon Musk’s X Agrees to Settlements With Thousands of Former Employees

The settlements are an about-face for the billionaire, whose company fought with former workers over whether it owed them severance pay.

Elon Musk’s social media service, X, moved this week to settle thousands of cases brought by former employees who sued after the company dismissed them during his 2022 takeover.

The settlements are an about-face for the billionaire, whose company fought with former employees for years over whether it owed them the severance payments that were outlined in his agreement to buy the social platform, then known as Twitter.

After acquiring Twitter, Mr. Musk pared its work force to fewer than 2,000 employees, from about 7,500. A class-action lawsuit filed in 2023 argued that the billionaire owed his former workers about $500 million in severance payments.

X agreed to settle that case, according to a legal document filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday. The settlement amount was not disclosed.

The company also reached a settlement agreement with more than 2,000 former employees who were fighting for severance in arbitration cases, according to terms communicated to former workers on Thursday, two people familiar with the case said. That settlement amount, which has not been made public, would cover almost all of the severance payments for workers involved in the case, including interest, the people said.

Mr. Musk’s legal battle with former senior Twitter executives over $128 million in severance payments is continuing.