Since his hostile acquisition of Twitter (now known as X), Elon Musk has opened the digital can of worms that is censorship. Through the release of the Twitter Files, and more recently, with his focus on the censorious Anti-Defamation League, Musk is uncovering a cynical system of censorship that has been increasingly weaponized.
For many years, NewsBusters has urged the Congress to "defund NPR." It doesn't mean taking away all their funding just the government funding. They often claim only two percent of their funding comes from government. In that case, why not give it up? Today, Elon Musk tweeted out "Defund NPR" in the wake of NPR's arrogant proclamations about how great they are. So now we have celebrity endorsers!
Elon Musk, Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) chief executive, testified on Friday that investors do not always react to his Twitter messages as he expects, defending himself in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweet that he had funding to take the electric carmaker private.