'Opening the gates of hell': Musk says he will revive banned accounts

[Cattledog]

Musk’s reinstatement of suspended accounts could mean bringing back networks of individuals that include the American Nazi Party and “a whole bunch of 8chan, 4chan, conspiracy theorists who engage in harassment and abuse.” 8chan and 4chan are two message boards known for their racist and antisemitic posts.

Reversing the suspensions would mean “turning Twitter into a one-stop shop for operationalizing doxing and harassment, and an engine of radicalization,” Carusone said. “It’s a red pill Pez dispenser.” And quitting Twitter won’t keep you safe. “Even if you’re not on Twitter, you can still be the recipient of these campaigns,” he said. He predicted that public health officials, election officials, journalists and teachers will all be targeted.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/

[LW1977]

1. Worst billionaire midlife crisis ever!

And that’s putting it lightly.

[dalton99a]

2. And some people on here worship this evil monster.

[highplainsdem]

10. Not me. Musk reminds me of a powerful RWNJ (wealth, fame and political connections) that I found

myself having to deal with in the 1980s, when he was doing a lot of bullying on a platform despite talking constantly about free speech online. That RWNJ's idea of free speech was of course only speech he agreed with, with anyone who disagreed being bullied, apparently in the hope of either drivig them off, or silencing them if they stayed on the platform (silencing them at least on subjects he cared about). Made me sick to see what one narcissistic creep could do to a forum.

Twitter's had problems in the past, but nothing compared to what it's already having under Musk's ownership, and what it's likely to have in the future.

And it's a gigantic platform that countless government organizations, news outlets, businesses and individuals have found useful, in some cases practically indispensable.

Musk is threatening all of that. And he's particularly dangerous because Tesla and SpaceX and Starlink have convinced some people that he's really a visionary genius and not especially political.

[dalton99a]

11. +1. His only "genius" was political - to extract taxpayer subsidies

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. And buying up other peoples inventions

And taking the credit he never deserved.

[Initech]

14. Not me! No way in hell would I even consider a Tesla after this!

[highplainsdem]

3. Hell for us. Heaven for RWNJs, bigots and fascists. Who are already celebrating

what Musk is doing to Twitter.

[Samrob]

4. Some people just have too much effing money. nt

[David__77]

5. This seems to imply fascist ideology is inherently most attractive.

As if the only effective way to combat it is to ban it. I’m not saying I don’t want to ban it- I do think there are other effective means to combat it.

[Freethinker65]

6. Been off Twitter almost 30 days.

Honestly do not miss it (but I have been posting more on DU for some reason 😀 ).

[SergeStorms]

9. There's definitely...

a better class of people on DU, and the right-wing lunatic fringe is dealt with swiftly and permanently. 😊

[bluestarone]

7. All these Fuckers are the OFFSPRING of one

TFG!!! HE is the CURSE not the chosen!!

[Initech]

16. No. TFG and Elon are but symptoms of a far greater problem.

That problem is Fox and a metric fuck ton of unchecked and unfiltered right wing propaganda. That is the real disease that is plaguing this country. Trump? He's a useful idiot for the propagandists. When he becomes too much of a liability, they'll cast him aside for a yes man like Desantis. But until we start realizing that the propaganda is the problem, nothing is going to change.

[bluestarone]

18. Sorry, but i 100% disagree!

THIS is all TFG and the religious right insanity! They want the end of times so bad, that they 100% believe this fucker is GAWDS chosen! THIS is what's happening.

[Initech]

19. Just remember that Trump at one point was a Democrat.

Until he figured out that he could play the conservatives and the religious crowd for chumps by echoing and amplifying their hatred. It's entirely a product of the fear based propaganda system that controls the GOP.

[SergeStorms]

8. Who else does he have?

So many people are abandoning the blue bird he wouldn't have anyone left.

I guess Twitter is going to be the right-wing conspiracy theorists go-to platform from now on. Way to go, shithead. 🙄 Every decent human being will flee your new toy now, Muskmelon. Congratulations.

[Mister Ed]

13. "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."

-- Wm. Shakespeare

[Cha]

15. We knew that... musk is a $$$$B

Fascist lover of nazis and & like minded Shit scum of the Earth.

[BlueKota]

17. So Glad I Bailed On It

There are friends I made I am going to miss, but as soon as he replied to Hillary Clinton with that horrible garbage article victim blaming Nancy Pelosi's husband, I knew it wasn't a platform I wanted to be a part of anymore.