{"id":53239,"date":"2022-10-08T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T17:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53239"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:55:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T17:55:46","slug":"musk-vs-truth-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53239","title":{"rendered":"Musk vs. Truth Social"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29306975.2110\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvMzY3ODA5MS1tdXNrLWtub2Nrcy10cnVtcHMtdHJ1dGgtc29jaWFsLWVzc2VudGlhbGx5LWEtcmlnaHR3aW5nLWVjaG8tY2hhbWJlci8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5YjgmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0xMC4wNy4yMiUyMEVNJTIwVGhlJTIwSGlsbCUyMC0lMjBIaWxsaWNvbiUyMFZhbGxleQ\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBa894db46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29306975.2110\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvMzY3ODA5MS1tdXNrLWtub2Nrcy10cnVtcHMtdHJ1dGgtc29jaWFsLWVzc2VudGlhbGx5LWEtcmlnaHR3aW5nLWVjaG8tY2hhbWJlci8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5YjgmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0xMC4wNy4yMiUyMEVNJTIwVGhlJTIwSGlsbCUyMC0lMjBIaWxsaWNvbiUyMFZhbGxleQ\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBa894db46&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1665510911028000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2anfcDES1WL-Qq6WPjwqtP\">took a swipe at former President Trump\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0social media platform Truth Social, calling it a \u201crightwing echo chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During an in-depth\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29306975.2110\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZnQuY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvNWVmMTQ5OTctOTgyZS00ZjAzLTg1NDgtYjVkNjcyMDI2MjNhP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MTAuMDcuMjIlMjBFTSUyMFRoZSUyMEhpbGwlMjAtJTIwSGlsbGljb24lMjBWYWxsZXk\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBe198a2a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29306975.2110\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZnQuY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvNWVmMTQ5OTctOTgyZS00ZjAzLTg1NDgtYjVkNjcyMDI2MjNhP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MTAuMDcuMjIlMjBFTSUyMFRoZSUyMEhpbGwlMjAtJTIwSGlsbGljb24lMjBWYWxsZXk\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBe198a2a0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1665510911028000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0tZC99-JZyI1P6ZPPjy96S\">interview with the Financial Times<\/a>\u00a0published Friday, the tech mogul talked about his reasoning behind making a bid to purchase Twitter, a transaction that, thus far, has been fraught with legal drama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not doing Twitter for the money. It\u2019s not like I\u2019m trying to buy some yacht and I can\u2019t afford it,\u201d Musk, a billionaire, said. \u201cI don\u2019t own any boats. But I think it\u2019s important that people have a maximally trusted and inclusive means of exchanging ideas and that it should be as trusted and transparent as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The other option, he told the Financial Times, is allowing the debate to splinter into different social media apps.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt [Truth Social] is essentially a rightwing echo chamber. It might as well be called Trumpet,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<li>Musk and Twitter were embroiled in a legal battle after Musk withdrew his<br \/>\n$44 billion deal to buy the social media platform. Following the withdrawal, Twitter sued Musk and Musk countersued, alleging that the tech company had not been forthcoming about the number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29306975.2110\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zNTEyOTk3LW11c2stYXNzZXJ0cy1sYWNrLW9mLWluZm8tZnJvbS10d2l0dGVyLW9uLWJvdHMtYnJlYWNoZXMtZGVhbC8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5YjgmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0xMC4wNy4yMiUyMEVNJTIwVGhlJTIwSGlsbCUyMC0lMjBIaWxsaWNvbiUyMFZhbGxleQ\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB99533dac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/29306975.2110\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zNTEyOTk3LW11c2stYXNzZXJ0cy1sYWNrLW9mLWluZm8tZnJvbS10d2l0dGVyLW9uLWJvdHMtYnJlYWNoZXMtZGVhbC8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5YjgmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0xMC4wNy4yMiUyMEVNJTIwVGhlJTIwSGlsbCUyMC0lMjBIaWxsaWNvbiUyMFZhbGxleQ\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB99533dac&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1665510911028000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RMR1QPR1Mp-6uygwsjALs\">bots occupying the platform<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk\u00a0took&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53240,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53239\/revisions\/53240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}