Elon Musk was surprised by his statements about his current preference for the Republican Party. Photo: REUTERS
Amid speculation and doubts about Elon Musk’s suspended Twitter purchase, the American billionaire confirmed Wednesday that he would be voting for the Republican Party for the first time, and launched harsh criticism against Democrats.
“In the past, I voted Democrats because they were (mostly) the party of kindness. But they became the party of division and hatred, so I will no longer support them and vote Republican,” he posted. this Wednesday, exactly on … Twitter.
“Now, watch your dirty tricks campaign against me unfold,” he quipped.
A few days ago, Musk had already lashed out at U.S. president Joe Biden, and announced that, despite consistently voting for Democrats, in the next election he would switch to the conservative party.
Elon Musk was in the media spotlight for his plan, later suspended, to buy Twitter. Photo: REUTERS
“Moderate”
On Monday, during the All-in technology conference in Miami, the millionaire said the Democratic president is similar to the character in the film. Anchormanwho lost his job as a newscaster because he had no ability to improvise.
“The real president is the one who controls the teleprompter. The path to power is the path to the teleprompter,” Musk told the conference via Zoom.
The tycoon criticized Biden’s support for the unions and said the Democratic administration seemed to do little more than its predecessor to “do a lot”, as quoted by some local media.
At that conference, Musk announced that in the next elections – the mid -term legislative election to be held in November of this year – he would switch sides and vote for the Republican Party for the first time.
Although he clarified: “I would classify myself as moderate, not Republican or Democrat.”
Elon Musk criticized the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden. Photo: REUTERS
Twitter and fake accounts
Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is currently the richest man in the world, according to the magazine Forbeswith wealth estimated at 230,000 million dollars.
This businessman, who was admired and criticized, shocked the financial world in April when he announced he wanted to buy Twitter.
But its offer for 44,000 million dollars is on hold until the estimated number of fake accounts, known as “bots” is resolved.
The millionaire said Tuesday that he would not pursue his announced purchase of Twitter unless the company showed the public that less than 5% of the platform’s accounts were fake or spam.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal states that the platform suspends more than half a million accounts that appear to be fake every daymany times before they are public and each week it blocks millions of supposed users on suspicion that they are accounts managed by a computer application.
Internal analysis shows that less than 5% of active accounts in an average day qualify as “spam,” but these accounts cannot be copied by third parties due to privacy requirements, Agrawal says .
provocative tweet
Musk – who says “bots” are a plague on Twitter and he makes it a priority to remove them if he controls the platform – responded to Agrawal’s explanation in a tweet, shaped like a shit icon.
“So advertisers know what they’re getting for their money?” Musk added in another dialogue about the need to prove that Twitter users are everyone.
Musk ruled that “this is critical to Twitter’s financial health.”
Musk said his motivation to buy comes from a desire to ensure free speech on the platform and in boost the monetization of a page that is very influential but it is difficult to have growth that is profitable.
The businessman also stated in favor of removing the veto from the platform against former US President Donald Trump imposed after his supporters, inflamed with his tweets alleging voter fraud, attacked the United States Congress on January 6, 2021.
Source: AFP and Clarin
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