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And he’s regularly rallied a Twitter mob of loyal fans to follow his lead with more vicious threats and bullying.” “Rather, he’s used the platform to attack people, often launching petulant broadsides against anyone he doesn’t like or agree with. Musk “routinely fails to show that he’s able or interested in protecting other Twitter users or respecting their free-speech rights,” González said in a statement. Musk had asked followers in a poll whether “the will of the people who live in the Donbas & Crimea should decide whether they’re part of Russia or Ukraine” and suggested that Crimea is “formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 (until Khrushchev’s mistake).”

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Musk on Monday took to Twitter to propose a resolution to Russia’s war on Ukraine “that reads as though Putin’s chief propagandist wrote it,” said Jessica González, co-CEO of progressive advocacy group Free Press. “In effect, Musk will turn Twitter into a fever swamp of dangerous conspiracy theories, partisan chicanery and operationalized harassment,” Carusone added. Under Musk, Twitter “will become a supercharged engine of radicalization if he follows through with even a fraction of what he has promised.” “From the outset, Elon Musk’s desire to take over Twitter was about advancing his own red-pilled ideological agenda,” Angelo Carusone, president of nonprofit watchdog organization Media Matters for America, said in a statement. Musk’s stance has led right-wingers to rally around the prospect of his ownership of Twitter - and has set off alarms from those on the left. Capitol, citing its policy against inciting violence. Twitter, along with other major internet platforms, banned Trump shortly after the Jan. Musk also has said Twitter’s permanent ban of Donald Trump was a “morally bad decision” and “flat-out wrong” and that he would reverse that as Twitter’s owner.

When he announced his $44 billion deal for Twitter, Musk said he was primarily interested in protecting “free speech” on the platform, and he has criticized the company for allegedly having a left-leaning political bias.