Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief

[brooklynite]

Last edited Mon Dec 12, 2022, 01:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Washington Post

Elon Musk escalated his battle of words with previous managers of Twitter into risky new territory over the weekend, allying himself with far-right crusaders against a purported epidemic of child sex abuse and implying that the company’s former head of trust and safety had a permissive view of sexual activity by minors.

Musk told more than 30,000 listeners in a live Twitter Spaces audio session Friday night that he recently discovered that child sex abuse material was a severe problem on Twitter and that fighting it
would be his top priority.

In follow-up tweets Saturday, he misrepresented a section of a graduate thesis from recently departed safety chief Yoel Roth. “Looks like Yoel is arguing in favor of children being able to access adult Internet services in his PhD thesis,” he wrote.

The attached snippet instead showed Roth suggesting that since teenagers were accessing apps and websites that they were not supposed to use, as they always have, those services should consider offering toned-down content alongside adult fare.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/12/musk-child-porn-qanon

[marble falls]

1. Misdirection is his biggest tool.

[bronxiteforever]

2. Remember Pedo Guy tweet?

Elon Musk did not defame a British caver who helped in last year's rescue of trapped Thai schoolboys by calling him a "pedo guy", a US jury has found. A public row broke out between the two men over the rescue of 12 boys trapped in a Thai cave in June 2018.
Mr Musk told the court this week the phrase "pedo guy" was common in South Africa, where he grew up.

In his opening statement, Mr. Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, characterized “pedo guy” as a generic insult and an expression from Mr. Musk’s youth in South Africa.

“These are joking talking tweets in a fight between men,” Mr. Spiro said.

Mr. Musk added in his testimony: “‘Pedo guy’ is used in other countries also. It’s quite common in the English-speaking world. I’m quite confident if you do a search, it will just say ‘creepy old dude.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/elon-musk-defamation-trial.html

He beat this case. Ain’t that America something to see.

[SunSeeker]

6. I still can't believe he got away with that. "Pedo guy" means one thing and one thing only.

He fucking defamed the hero who rescued those trapped boys, all because the man correctly pointed out Elon's "mini sub" idea wouldn't work.

[bronxiteforever]

7. +1 me too.

[SunSeeker]

10. I'm sure Elon had more, and better, lawyers than that poor diver he defamed.

His pack of sharks snowed what was obviously a pretty stupid jury (no doubt expertly picked by Elon's lawyers' high paid jury consultants) and the diver's lawyer couldn't overpower the snow job. Our justice system is far too often for sale to the highest bidder.

[Pobeka]

3. To, keep in perspective, Musk cut the moderator staff who also specialized in child exploitation.

From the same article at WaPost:

Musk’s weekend statements appeared intended to counter criticism of his early stewardship of Twitter. The number of moderators who are on the lookout for inappropriate content on the social media site has been slashed, and just a few experts on child exploitation remain, according to media reports.

[Javaman]

4. when bereft of facts; resort to name calling...

this is what musky is basically doing.

he's a trust fun child who knows nothing of empathy or what it means to have character.

he's also revealing himself to be nothing more than a potemkin ceo.

[Kennah]

5. Article mispelled Eloon

[Initech]

8. Must be so weird to live in a world where eveyrone you don't agree with is a pedophile.

It's like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, except there's just one degree, and Kevin Bacon is a pedophile.

[paleotn]

9. The man-child doing what man-children do....

His last resort is playground bullshit.