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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was never a twitter user, but from the headlines I've seen it makes me think that Musk has some slimy back deal that will pay him off somehow if he torpedoes the site.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The ongoing theory is that Twitter played some role in the Arab spring and the Saudis paid for a lot of the buyout exactly because they want it gone.