Elon Musk’s Twitter battle ignites the right’s online agitators

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It has made him a lot of enemies, but he is delivering what a certain group of Republicans want. The decision by Musk to back out of the deal has been praised by right-wing figures. The goal is no longer to control the social networking site but to make it look bad.

Charlie Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point USA, said on Friday that it was possible that the man never intended to buy the company. He may have just wanted to expose it.

The former White House chief strategist under Trump said in a Sunday Gettr post that the social networking site has lied about the scale, scope, depth, source and ubiquity of BOTs. The company is not a real one.

Right-wing pundits were encouraged by Musk's emphasis on restoring free speech and assumed that he would reverse the ban on former President Donald Trump and other conservatives. With Musk going to court to get out of the deal, the pundits have turned their attention to any embarrassing secrets that might come up in the trial.

It would take a lot of discovery to get to the bottom of the suit and make public company information to the right-wingers. The alliance could benefit both Musk and the figures in the long run.

Past tech lawsuits have revealed damaging information. As part of a UK Parliament investigation into Facebook, lawmakers received and published sealed court documents showing that CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally approved a decision to cut vine, the now-dead video app.

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On Monday, Musk sent out a meme that said, "They said I couldn't buyTwitter." They have to reveal bot info in court. The end of the meme has a picture of Musk laughing.

Musk claims that there was a misrepresentation of the number of bot on the platform. The amount of money the company could make off ad revenue is impacted by fake users. Musk thinks it's within his right to pull out since the numbers weren't disclosed at the time of the deal.

It was a defense Musk began laying the groundwork for after he first proposed to take over the social networking site. It's been proven that there is a huge amount of fake accounts on the site, and that they have been busted for it. The president's son said in a Friday message.

Musk has made political donations to Republicans in the past, but his relationship with the right has grown stronger since he bought the social networking site. Musk said that he would allow the former president to rejoin the platform once he controlled it.

It is likely that the right will frame it as such, even if the trial doesn't prove that. It would hurt the micro-messaging service but it would also encourage users to jump to right-leaning clones like Parler and Truth Social.

The long-term result of the failed acquisition will be permanent and Musk deserves credit for exposing the culture inside the Blue Bird.