Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called::After a report called out Musk’s union-busting, UAW’s blue check got reinstated.
I wonder why the guy who bought Tesla might not want the UAW represented on the platform he bought? I can’t think of why that might be
In completely unrelated related news:
One of the things their talking about is an increase for workers who deal with electric batteries…
I just hope it gives them ideas. fingers crossed
Ah, the “free speech absolutist” doing completely free speech stuff.
Just as much of a Musk hater as the rest of them, but this was posted elsewhere. UAW changed their profile photo at the same time they announced the strike, which triggered the flag on the account. Apparently this is standard with all verified accounts until the photo can be reviewed.
Anywho, fuck Elon Musk!
From original Intercept article:
This article was updated to include information about a Twitter policy to temporarily remove checkmarks from verified accounts that change their profile pictures. Twitter offered only an auto-response to The Intercept’s request for comment ahead of publication. The article was previously updated to note that Twitter restored UAW’s Twitter verification after publication.
So, a non-article by somebody who didn’t do their research and has already resolved itself. Got it!
Twitter offered only an auto-response to The Intercept’s request for comment ahead of publication.
By this, they mean that any media questions to Twitter get auto-responded to with the poop emoji. Because Musk is a child.
Jesus, you people really are obsessed with trans people’s genitals.
Not even on topic and you still manage to chat about them. That’s not normal.
Elin Musk is a sociopathic scammer who got very lucky.
He is not a great engineer, he’s a dumbass who got fired from his own company for being incompetent. When the company was bought he raked in the cash from the shares he had, that’s all. All his “great ideas” are face palmingly stupid.
He’s petty and vengeful. When rescuers were risking their lives getting kids out of a cave denied his stupid idea, he called them a pedophile just because fuck you. That is musk in a nutshell.
He doesn’t give a shit about anything or anybody but himself. He forces people to work in near slave like conditions. Do it or get fired and lose your house, or maybe deported.
He. Lies. About. Everything. Probably the only person worse than Trump when it comes to continuous lying. Every promise he made is bullshit. Tesla will… nope.
He was the bright light behind the decision not to use flame diverters (standard tech from the 60’s) when his next SpaceX toy was launched, because it would take too much time to build and it would not be needed… a decision which utterly obliterated the launch platform, pelted even cars on a parking lot 5 kilometers away and polluted the entire surroundings. All because he needs to show the world how big his dick is. Then when the rocket blew up over Mexican territory (nice self destruct that didn’t even work) everyone cheered because rockets… should… Blow up? Oh yeah, that was by design. WTF?
And as always, he just laughs it off and his fans laugh with him because “it’s Elon man, he’s cool!”
Fuck everything about this guy, may he step on a Lego every day he gets out of bed.
Right with ya, but I’m not seeing any of his fans online. Nada. I’m pretty sure they’re all but gone or deep in hiding.
I think you wouldn’t find them on Lemmy, it’s kind of an echo chamber here. I have a bunch of family that has Teslas and plans to get more Teslas because they’re cool and they either don’t care that Elon is behind it, or think he’s some kind of hero.
What do you mean by “… twitter (not x) is a shit show …”?
In April, Twitter merged into X Corp. and Twitter, Inc. ceased to exist. So I’m not sure if there’s some legal point you’re trying to make.
Musk deadnames his own child
It is twitter. It willl always be twitter. He can shove that X right up his autistic asshole.
And no, autism is not an excuse for his behavior, and fuck anyone who tries to give him that pass.
Fuck that x bullshit.
It’s not a legal pointe, it’s me refusing to dance to his bullshit fiddle. It’s why I dropped twitter ,(not x) completely
Somewhere an Elon fanboy is explaining why this is peak free speech
Excellent decision sir, human rights are overrated anyway
And failing at it…
I mean technically it’s the free speech of Elon to do whatever with his company, right? Like how the Colorado photographer didn’t have to provide services to gays and how Amazon is no longer allowing BLM.
I mean technically it’s the free speech
Legally, yes. Ethically, definitely no.
How most of society uses that term is not in the legal way, but in the ethical way, which is a topic all on its own; a weird disconnect.
When the savior of humanity declared he was a “free speech absolutist” people misinterpreted his meaning.
He meant that he should have absolute authority over who should have free speech.
As an ex Elon fanboy let me literally honestly try the best I can here…
The best I can come up with is, “Hi. Elon here. Revoking UAW’s blue check was just a joke. Get it? Humour! I can humourise with the best of them. Ha. Ha. Ha.”
Private platform. That was the argument before Elon took over, so I guess same works (or doesn’t) here.
Somewhere an Elon fanboy is explaining why this is peak free speech
This gives off such a movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” vibe.
In the land of morons, I reasonable person reads the articles and finds this:
To be fair, the Arstechnica article doesn’t mention this, the Intercept article that Arstechnica refers to does, and most people usually don’t read double article in deep before commenting.
Where does it say that? I don’t see it anywhere. I didn’t see it mentioned in the article, either.
It is free speech as I would define it. The UAW had decided foolishly to communicate on a platform run by and for right wing reactionaries. Those asshats are free to moderate however they like, it’s their platform.
Stop using twitter you idiots! Using twitter gives legitimacy to the platform. The platform’s spreads nazi hate speech. What possible excuse does the UAW have for giving legitimacy to a nazi platform???
It’s time to put some of these billionaires in their place. Nationalize his shit, seize his assets, and revoke his passport and citizenship. Fuck Musk, sick of his childish attention seeking bullshit.
Nationalize SpaceX for sure. Let him keep Twitter though, at this point it’s such a dumpster fire that it’s more of an albatross around his neck than an asset, we don’t need the tax payers carrying that shit.
For Ukraine sure but
That seems like a bit of overkill for this
This instance on its own, yeah.
But it has been a pattern again and again.
Trump is going to get hit harder the fifth time a jury finds him liable for defaming E. Jean Carroll than they did the first time.
Some people are required to use it as part of their job. Most people choose to use it, though, which I agree is mind-boggling.
The socialist advocates for violence after reading one headline.
Is lemmy /pol/ for leftoids?
If nationalization is scandalous violence for you, let me say I want him to get the french treatment.
If you are still on X, then you deserve the world you are struggling in.
Who is struggling because UAE lost their blue check mark? I’m an X user. I’ve found my usage of the product generally uninterrupted and am confused by statements like this.
So you are ok supporting a platform that is actively taking the power away from organization helping people because it is a good experience? I mean you are on Lemmy, so you must have some sense to the issues surrounding centralized anything, especially media?
Who is struggling because UAW lost their blue check mark? A: UAW
I’m an X user. I’ve found my usage of the product generally uninterrupted and am confused by statements like this. A: Martin Niemöller
Hey the auto workers are striking now… can we just like… do a general strike already?
Sadly, it’s going to need to get a lot worse (it’s already worse) for most Americans to feel enough of the squeeze to care. Until then, the beatings will continue until moral improves…
This dude is such a pussy. I wish he wasn’t terrified to fight Zuckerberg so we could all watch him get his ass kicked.
Whatever happened with that anyways? The last update I ever remember reading was Musk saying he’d show up at Zuckerberg’s front door “tomorrow” demanding to fight.
I mean, I can guess what ended up happening (or not happening) - but was that it? No show, no reason, no follow-up? Is he even keeping up the pretense of being serious anymore?
Please don’t even talk about it. If it actually happened, it would make so much money for them. Let’s not make those withering schmucks the biggest ticket ever.
It was a double no-show.
Last think I heard on it was one of their mums saying no. I forget which one though
Getting your ass kicked is not even a big deal in combat sports with rules. You’ll mostly be fine, you can spin the story. I bet Zuck gets beat all the time in training. I rather see Musk call out fights and back out. That is such a pussy move.
not even a big deal in combat sports with rules. You’ll mostly be fine
LOL you know the UFC’s rules?
lol does he not realize that he has delegitimized any credibility his platform once held?
I’m sure they do not care.
he has delegitimized any credibility his platform once held?
Again?
That’s the whole point
No, this is a straight up win for UAW. They are trying to unionize Tesla’s workers, so any anti-union activity on Elon’s part only plays into their hands at the NLRB level.
It’s not that he doesn’t care. It’s the goal. Killing the credibility of social media is a top priority for authoritarians. They can’t have people talking to each other outside of the shaped narratives delivered by their media companies. That’s why companies spend so much on bot farms, shills and influencers. In order to shape public narratives when they can’t control the media.
“Oh no! My blue check!!” It’s not real and it’s not a display of power like he thinks.
“First they came for the trade unionists…”
It’s infuriating that people are beholden to this fucking loser.
Elon hates that auto workers have gone on strike? I’m shocked…
Fascism at its best
Capitalist does captitalist things.
The real story here is that a union was willingly giving money to Elon Musk
Is elon turning into alex jones? That picture is not flattering
Xitter ! love it, now lexicon
Usage: Can’t wait to watch Xitter (pronounced Zit - ter) pop after Musk wrecks the train.
SCABS.
“To a request for comment, X only sent Ars an auto-response, saying, “Busy now, please check back later.” (To be fair, in this case “check back later” is a good summary of what happened.)” 😂
Couldn’t this be breach of contract for services not rendered?
Why should anyone care? I thought the blue mark doesn’t have meaning anymore?
Lonnie is an enemy of workers.
Petty as fuck.
Who fucking cares. Stop talking about musk and he will likely go away
That’ll really show them.
Hey ASstechnica: what about your own shit like this cookie consent popup? Even nsa.gov would be an amateur
skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
So much for free speech
otter@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
At this point we just need a large compiled list of every instance of it. There’s so much that I can’t think of an example right away.
db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Still not what free speech means.
But baby trust fund dipshit is begging to get sued again.
explore_broaden@midwest.social 1 year ago
It’s not what free speech means, but they’re using his own words against him. Of course we clearly can’t expect any consistency from conservatives, “free speech for me” etc.
metallic_substance@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s so much room for fascist activities!
meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Did we just become best friends?
8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Musk is not so absolutist after all.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wouldn’t say that. He’s always been an absolute piece of shit.