Twitter staff’s criticism of Elon Musk triggered backlash

Elon Musk’s criticism of Twitter Inc. sparked a barrage of derogatory tweets against the company’s top lawyer on Wednesday, raising questions about compliance with a nondiscrimination agreement and the tone set for its users by the social media platform’s incoming owner. Happened.

musk tweeted that he disagrees with a decision made in 2020 to restrict the distribution of a New York Post article about Hunter, the son of US President Joe Biden. The billionaire, who has nearly 87 million Twitter followers, called the company’s decision to lock posts’ accounts on the platform “incredibly unfair”.

Elon Musk tweeted, “Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a true story was clearly incredibly unfair.”

Musk was responding to a tweet by Sagar NJT, host of a political podcast, who was in turn citing a Politico report that Gaddus wept at a meeting with his employees this week.

“Top censorship advocate Vijaya Gadde on Twitter, who made the world famous on Joe Rogan’s podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk acquisition,” Angeti tweeted.

Musk tweeted another on Wednesday with the meme.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reached a deal on Monday to acquire Twitter for $44 billion.

While Musk’s activity on Twitter is attracting new scrutiny due to his deal on Monday to acquire the company, the world’s richest man is no stranger to controversy and criticism on the platform.

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