Big names like Apple, IBM, Walmart, and Disney pulled their ads from X, formerly Twitter, after Elon Musk backed antisemitic views on the platform.
    • yata@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Russia doesn’t pay people for that sort of thing, especially not a person like Musk. Instead they extort. Possibly over rare materials.

      Anyway I don’t think Russia was part of Musks takeover of twitter, that stemmed from Musks own arrogant stupidity, but they certainly did become one afterwards.

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I was going to edit my comment to include blackmail / kompromat as well, which in the end I do find to be more likely.