| − | '''Twitter, Inc.''', renamed as "X" on July 23, 2023,<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Business/rebranded-twitter/story?id=101605679</ref> is a [[Big Tech]] social networking tool, acquired by [[Elon Musk]] on October 27, 2022, after years of [[liberal censorship]] by [[Leftists]] in [[San Francisco]] ([[Twitter#Sale to Elon Musk|see below]]). Musk immediately fired its top management, and dissolved its [[Leftist]] Board of Directors immediately. Musk suspects he was lied to by underestimates of sham accounts, but a lawsuit by [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Never-Trumpers]] in a hostile court forced Musk to buy Twitter. On Nov. 4, 2022, Musk fired about half of Twitter's 7,500 mostly-[[liberal]] workforce.<ref>https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-claims-he-had-no-choice-but-to-fire-half-of-twitter-staff/</ref> He offered them a generous severance package, more than required. The [[Biden regime]] then falsely labelled Musk a "[[national security]] threat."<ref>https://youtu.be/ORSuo1LsyRQ</ref> | + | '''Twitter, Inc.''', renamed as "'''X'''" on July 23, 2023,<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Business/rebranded-twitter/story?id=101605679</ref> is a [[Big Tech]] social networking tool, acquired by [[Elon Musk]] on October 27, 2022, after years of [[liberal censorship]] by [[Leftists]] in [[San Francisco]] ([[Twitter#Sale to Elon Musk|see below]]). Musk immediately fired its top management, and dissolved its [[Leftist]] Board of Directors immediately. Musk suspects he was lied to by underestimates of sham accounts, but a lawsuit by [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Never-Trumpers]] in a hostile court forced Musk to buy Twitter. On Nov. 4, 2022, Musk fired about half of Twitter's 7,500 mostly-[[liberal]] workforce.<ref>https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-claims-he-had-no-choice-but-to-fire-half-of-twitter-staff/</ref> He offered them a generous severance package, more than required. The [[Biden regime]] then falsely labelled Musk a "[[national security]] threat."<ref>https://youtu.be/ORSuo1LsyRQ</ref> |
| | While X improved in some ways under Musk's leadership, its entrenched [[San Francisco]] staff has continued [[liberal censorship]] and within a year its value dropped from $44 billion to only $19 billion.<ref>https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938969/x-twitter-valuation-19-billion-employee-shares</ref> Musk has suggested he may move the entire platform behind a paywall to "combat vast armies of bots."<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-paywall-for-everyone-2023-9</ref> This could also end the [[liberal]] [[troll]]ing and fake impersonation that occurs there. | | While X improved in some ways under Musk's leadership, its entrenched [[San Francisco]] staff has continued [[liberal censorship]] and within a year its value dropped from $44 billion to only $19 billion.<ref>https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/30/23938969/x-twitter-valuation-19-billion-employee-shares</ref> Musk has suggested he may move the entire platform behind a paywall to "combat vast armies of bots."<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-paywall-for-everyone-2023-9</ref> This could also end the [[liberal]] [[troll]]ing and fake impersonation that occurs there. |