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Elon Musk Drops a Bombshell About European
Commission's Attempt to Bribe Him

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Posted By: clayusmcret, 7/12/2024 3:57:06 PM

Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, I have been skeptical of his intentions. But a Friday morning bombshell highlights a reason that my skepticism may be misplaced. Margarethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, declared that Musk's X platform, formerly Twitter, "doesn’t comply with the DSA in key transparency areas. Snip In response, Elon Musk dropped a bombshell. "The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us," he said in a post on X.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: chumley 7/12/2024 4:02:47 PM (No. 1755064)
I still dont like Twitter/X and wont use it. I had an account years ago at the urging of a former friend. It was millions of people screaming into the darkness and nobody listening. It was endless forwarded junk that nobody wrote, nobody read, and nobody cared about. I dont know how much time I have left in this world, but there must be better ways to waste it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: marbles 7/12/2024 4:06:01 PM (No. 1755066)
What's important is he Musk said NO.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 7/12/2024 4:07:30 PM (No. 1755068)
For totalitarians, stopping free speech is CRITICAL to them controlling everything and everyone. These are some seriously evil people.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 7/12/2024 4:10:53 PM (No. 1755072)
Elon surely wasn't the first to be offered the deal but I bet he was the first to tell them to go X themselves.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: caljeepgirl 7/12/2024 4:33:47 PM (No. 1755088)
I'm not a X'er either, #1, but much of the rest of the world is, and Musk's stand is essential as his pushback continues to be as rare as it is courageous!! (Lots of Tesla's running around here these days with some pretty nasty anti-Elon bumper stickers.)
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 7/12/2024 4:53:38 PM (No. 1755095)
It makes one wonder what dirt the US Government has on Google, Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, et al. They all censor on the Leftist slant.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 7/12/2024 5:30:41 PM (No. 1755117)
I stay off practically all social media platforms. They are overrun by propagandists and influencers. Some of them are quite effective. No thanks.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 7/12/2024 6:23:15 PM (No. 1755129)
Re #6. Epstein.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: JHHolliday 7/12/2024 7:26:28 PM (No. 1755157)
The first reason they give for their censorship they say is to combat "disinformation". For our own good, of course. The next move is censorship of opinions the left doesn't agree with. That's where we are now.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mifla 7/13/2024 3:53:35 AM (No. 1755251)
Good for you, Elon. You and Trump will make a formidable team.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Rinktum 7/13/2024 7:48:44 AM (No. 1755314)
With Musk’s donation to Trump and now this, the man is kicking the hornet’s nest. God bless him for his courage and integrity. Prayers for his safety because they will come after him.
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