TOBY SHAPSHAK: Musk killed Twitter; he just doesn’t know it
There’s no coming back — not when your platform glorifies Hitler and Nazis
23 November 2023 - 05:00
By amplifying an antisemitic conspiracy theory, Elon Musk has arguably killed off X, the once-thriving social platform formerly called Twitter. But because he’s in such an ivory tower — and convinced of his own rectitude — he doesn’t realise how far his arrogance and impulsiveness have taken him over the edge.
Last week, when Musk retweeted this nonsense and claimed it was “the actual truth”, he crossed a line from which X will never recover. ..
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