Involved in yet another controversy, Elon Musk made a controversial decision regarding Twitter. Emails sent to the press office address now receive an automatic response with unpleasant content. On Sunday, the 19th, Musk announced the change on Twitter without explaining why: '[email protected] now automatically replies with đź’©', wrote the billionaire.
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Tesla, Musk's company, laid off its public relations team in 2020. Since then, Musk has communicated with the press by answering questions about the company on Twitter in a manner considered “random”.
Musk justified this stance by saying that other companies spend money on marketing and advertising "to manipulate public opinion", while Tesla focuses on the quality of its products.
However, it is important to remember that this is not the first time that the businessman uses this sticker to communicate with enemies. During the phase when the purchase of Twitter was still being decided, Musk accused the social network of having more bots than publicly admitted and responded to a tweet from then-CEO Parag Agrawal with the same feces emoji smiling.
suspended journalists
In December 2022, Musk suspended accounts of several journalists, from vehicles such as The Washington Post, Business Insider and others. That's because journalists had been covering the social network after the @ElonJet account was banned.
ElonJet is a service that uses social media accounts to track Elon Musk's real-time private plane usage.
According to Musk, the suspension was made because journalists commented that @ElonJet continued to operate on other platforms, such as Mastodon, competitor of Twitter.
Musk had promised the opposite: free speech for everyone. In the end, the billionaire held a poll to decide whether the journalists could be released again or not. The “yes” option won.
Elon Musk is known to be an active personality on Twitter, where he often posts his opinions. and commentary on a range of topics from technology and innovation to politics and culture popular.
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