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Elon Musk briefly joined a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News tech reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after journalists asked him questions

just so transparent https://twitter.com/... Tom Gara / @tomgara : Friendship ended with KATIE https://twitter.com/... Marisa Kabas / @marisakabas : audio of elon musk joining @katienotopoulos twitter space, getting pushback about his bogus claims, and storming out (h/t @CrymsonDawn) https://twitter.com/... @punished_catbus : Elon Musk deleting Spaces because a journalist made him cry is the most owned anyone has ever been, online Dell Cameron / @dellcam : if you want to hear jason calacanis talk over a bunch of people for 20 minutes, here's your chance https://twitter.com/... @jtlol : They don't care about censorship. They just want to be the censors. https://twitter.com/... Tim Pierce / @qwrrty : This Twitter Space was wild. WILD. A whole slew of the #BloodyThursday banned journalists showed up. Then Elmo himself joined the chat and gave extremely awkward, evasive answers, and then fled. Then about a half-hour later the whole Space got terminated mid-sentence. https://twitter.com/... François Chollet / @fchollet : E.M. bans a bunch of journalists critical of him, then he pops into a Space where he gets called out for lying about the official motive for the bans, can't justify himself, immediately leaves. Shortly afterwards Twitter forcefully shut down that Space. Just incredible stuff. https://twitter.com/... @cooltimesonline : a hilarious gigantic baby https://twitter.com/... Jon Brady / @jonbradyphoto : Elon Musk tells journalists in a Twitter Space “You dox, you get suspended, that's it”, in response to criticism of his blocking of the @elonjet account - and then immediately runs away before anyone can respond. If we thought Trump had thin skin, boy oh boy... https://twitter.com/... Eliot Higgins / @eliothiggins : Elon Musk bringing the Badly Moderated Early-2000s Internet Forum experience to hundreds of millions of people. @koladeszn : Now Elon has removed space from twitter, can you give me a space in your heart? https://twitter.com/... Donna Respirator / @aliceavizandum : Twitter Spaces no longer exist and all it took was Elon Musk getting owned in one of them one time lmao Matthew Sheffield / @mattsheffield : This was always a lie, but tonight made it obvious. Elon Musk is a reactionary extremist who hates real free speech. He wants to make this site a safe space for neo-nazis, liars, spammers, morons, and scammers. https://twitter.com/... @crulge : There's a twitter space right now where Elon's lackey @jason is saying that the Elon jet account was putting children in danger. Which is funny because that guy knows a lot about flight data and endangered children https://twitter.com/... Erica Marsh / @ericareport : Elon Musk just abruptly left a Twitter Space after being unable to answer any questions regarding the mass suspension of journalists. @jeretonuniverse : For everyone is wondering why #TwitterSpaces is not working: Elon had this encounter with journalists and fled the scene, not shortly after all of the metadata of the space was deleted including access to it. Suspicions are that he turned off access to Spaces overall. https://twitter.com/... Randi Mayem Singer / @rmayemsinger : Elon just showed up in this Space, refused to answer journalists' questions, barked some orders and stormed out. Incredible. https://twitter.com/... Tom Gara / @tomgara : The whole thing really got nuked from space. The concept of a series of frantic late night messages among execs being told that Katie Notopoulos must be stopped is an incredible one to think about. https://twitter.com/... David Lat / @davidlat : So apparently suspended accounts can still participate in Twitter Spaces; the recently suspended @MattBinder is in this Spaces conversation right now. I guess glitches like this happen when you fire all your engineers.... https://twitter.com/... @jordanuhl : lol elon joined that space, got one tough question then bounced because he got cornered in his response @jbouie : this guy might be the single biggest baby on the planet https://twitter.com/... Aidan Moher / @adribbleofink : Dude coulda had it all. He coulda built spaceships and future cars, people would've loved him. Solved cold fusion. He coulda had a Fortnite skin and ended up next to Edison and Tesla in the history books without ever having to work a day in his life. But instead he chose... this. https://twitter.com/... Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos : The best part of hosting a Twitter Space with Elon Musk is that @PranavDixit had to write about it https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @pranavdixit : 🚨 Breaking: Elon Musk Bounced From A Twitter Space After Journalists He Suspended Tried To Ask Him Why They Were Banned https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Kim Todzi / @kimtodzi : One has to admire the fact how bluntly Elon Musk demonstrates what an Orwellian farce his free speech approach is. https://twitter.com/... Tracy Chou / @triketora : cannot wait for all the journalists to write up the insane discussion from this space https://twitter.com/... John Paczkowski / @johnpaczkowski : Elon fled a Twitter space with most every tech reporter in the business when @katienotopoulos pressed him on this moments ago. https://twitter.com/... Sophia A. Nelson / @iamsophianelson : He's not okay. https://twitter.com/... Oliver Alexander / @oalexanderdk : Suspended accounts can still freely use Twitter Spaces to both talk and listen. Top tier coding at Twitter https://twitter.com/... Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang : The party moved to the back porch, people. Join https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer

BuzzFeed News Pranav Dixit

Discussion

  • @caseynewton@mastodon.social Casey Newton on mastodon
    I have thought about it and Thursday was one of the 10 funniest days in the history of Silicon Valley
  • Fast Company Michael Grothaus on mastodon
    Twitter's latest chaos: Journalists purged, Spaces yanked, rival social network suspended
  • @mmasnick@mastodon.social @mmasnick@mastodon.social on mastodon
    Listening to the Twitter Space where Musk buddy Jason Calacanis is defending the removal …
  • @forevereversley Bradley Eversley on x
    Holy Shit. Elon Musk just popped into a Twitter Spaces chat with a bunch of journalists. He was called out by journalist Drew Harrell, who he banned, for lying about posting links to his private information, then leaves almost immediately after being pressed. Here is the exchange…
  • @brenonade Brennan Murphy on x
    Here is Elon's full appearance in @katienotopoulos' spaces with banned journalists tonight https://twitter.com/...
  • @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x
    https://twitter.com/...
  • @elonmusk Elon Musk on x
    If anyone posted real-time locations & addresses of NYT reporters, FBI would be investigating, there'd be hearings on Capitol Hill & Biden would give speeches about end of democracy!
  • @maxkennerly Max Kennerly on x
    This tweet, in which Ben accurately summarized news at Twitter using Musk's own words, prompted NBC to pull Ben from discussing Musk on-air: https://www.semafor.com/... Does @NBCNews think Ben should've lied to cover for Musk's ignorance about Twitter and corporate governance? 🤔 …
  • @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x
    somehow Twitter doesn't stop suspended accounts from joining Spaces, so @ElonJet, @drewharwell, @mattbinder (all suspended) are all here lmao https://twitter.com/...
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    Twitter has a bug where suspended accounts could still use Twitter Spaces. Since everyone who knows that codebase has been fired, Twitter has shut down the entire Twitter Spaces feature. Truly a master class in how to run a social media service. https://twitter.com/...
  • @lookner Steve Lookner on x
    Twitter Spaces has been temporarily deactivated. Elon Musk claims Twitter is fixing a “legacy bug.” Earlier tonight a Twitter Space that included several of the journalists who had been suspended (and which Elon Musk briefly stopped by) had a large audience. https://twitter.com/.…
  • @kattenbarge Kat Tenbarge on x
    Elon Musk was just in a Twitter Space with a few journalists and after getting like 3 questions he had to leave because he couldn't answer a single one
  • @martinfowler Martin Fowler on x
    Musk rode into Twitter as a proud Free Speech Warrior. Last night delivered more evidence to show that, at best, he was very naive. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
  • @sunnyright Sunny McSunnyface on x
    Attacking a private sector company owner for exposing governmental corruption and media censorship isn't “speaking truth to power,” it's being a propagandist https://twitter.com/...
  • @aoc Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on x
    Journalism is supposed to speak truth to power, not bow to it. https://twitter.com/...
  • @onesarahjones Sarah Jones on x
    he really had to get his mommy involved https://twitter.com/...
  • @randfish Rand Fishkin on x
    “Elmer Fudd fighting with a website full of Bugs Bunnies” 🤣 https://twitter.com/...
  • @rapplerdotcom @rapplerdotcom on x
    Melissa Fleming, head of communications for the United Nations, tweets she was 'deeply disturbed by the suspensions and that ‘media freedom is not a toy.’ https://www.rappler.com/...
  • @markruffalo Mark Ruffalo on x
    😮 The past several months have been like a Jackass episode for billionaires. https://twitter.com/...
  • @jason_kint Jason Kint on x
    Here is Musk's full exchange on Twitter Space as he tried to explain himself, misrepresented what the reporter was doing, the reporter challenged him and then Musk misrepresented it again and took off. https://twitter.com/...
  • @jordanuhl @jordanuhl on x
    man just dips https://twitter.com/...
  • @kattenbarge Kat Tenbarge on x
    The New York Times wants journalists reinstated along with an explanation, and here it is. Responding to tweets about the journalists' suspensions, Elon says they were banned for “doxxing.” It's safe to say the journalists who were banned were not doxxing Elon Musk https://twitte…
  • @clarajeffery Clara Jeffery on x
    Did...Twitter just cut off a Twitter spaces that was a discussion of Elon's total hypocrisy and censorship? Do I have that right?
  • @jackposobiec @jackposobiec on x
    BREAKING: @ElonMusk just hopped on Spaces with a group of journalists and informed them the same doxxing rules apply to them and they aren't special https://twitter.com/...
  • @dfriedman33 Dan Friedman on x
    As Drew Harrell noted after Musk fled without addressing questions, “Elon is trying to make this about doxxing and stalking, and that is not it.” He's banning reporters for reporting public information that does not disclose his or his families' location. https://twitter.com/...
  • @mrandyngo @mrandyngo on x
    “You're not special because you're a journalist.” @elonmusk let journalists know they're subject to the same rules. Left-wing media, many of who defended bannings, has been having meltdowns after several of their own were temporarily suspended for doxing. https://thepostmillennia…
  • @alexblagg @alexblagg on x
    just incredible stuff, and also he did this WHILE posting a redo of his own poll because he didn't like the results. Multi-tasking! https://twitter.com/...
  • @mattxiv Matt on x
    if you're wondering why twitter spaces is gone it's bc some journalists asked elon like 3 questions so he left and got rid of the entire feature https://twitter.com/...
  • @bcmerchant Brian Merchant on x
    I was prepared for the Musk twitter era to be a vainglorious train wreck, but I admit I was not prepared for just how *pathetic* it would be. The thundering about free speech followed up immediately with his banning any accounts that make him feel threatened—just so transparent h…
  • @tomgara Tom Gara on x
    Friendship ended with KATIE https://twitter.com/...
  • @marisakabas Marisa Kabas on x
    audio of elon musk joining @katienotopoulos twitter space, getting pushback about his bogus claims, and storming out (h/t @CrymsonDawn) https://twitter.com/...
  • @punished_catbus @punished_catbus on x
    Elon Musk deleting Spaces because a journalist made him cry is the most owned anyone has ever been, online
  • @dellcam Dell Cameron on x
    if you want to hear jason calacanis talk over a bunch of people for 20 minutes, here's your chance https://twitter.com/...
  • @jtlol @jtlol on x
    They don't care about censorship. They just want to be the censors. https://twitter.com/...
  • @qwrrty Tim Pierce on x
    This Twitter Space was wild. WILD. A whole slew of the #BloodyThursday banned journalists showed up. Then Elmo himself joined the chat and gave extremely awkward, evasive answers, and then fled. Then about a half-hour later the whole Space got terminated mid-sentence. https://twi…
  • @fchollet François Chollet on x
    E.M. bans a bunch of journalists critical of him, then he pops into a Space where he gets called out for lying about the official motive for the bans, can't justify himself, immediately leaves. Shortly afterwards Twitter forcefully shut down that Space. Just incredible stuff. htt…
  • @cooltimesonline @cooltimesonline on x
    a hilarious gigantic baby https://twitter.com/...
  • @jonbradyphoto Jon Brady on x
    Elon Musk tells journalists in a Twitter Space “You dox, you get suspended, that's it”, in response to criticism of his blocking of the @elonjet account - and then immediately runs away before anyone can respond. If we thought Trump had thin skin, boy oh boy... https://twitter.co…
  • @eliothiggins Eliot Higgins on x
    Elon Musk bringing the Badly Moderated Early-2000s Internet Forum experience to hundreds of millions of people.
  • @koladeszn @koladeszn on x
    Now Elon has removed space from twitter, can you give me a space in your heart? https://twitter.com/...
  • @aliceavizandum Donna Respirator on x
    Twitter Spaces no longer exist and all it took was Elon Musk getting owned in one of them one time lmao
  • @mattsheffield Matthew Sheffield on x
    This was always a lie, but tonight made it obvious. Elon Musk is a reactionary extremist who hates real free speech. He wants to make this site a safe space for neo-nazis, liars, spammers, morons, and scammers. https://twitter.com/...
  • @crulge @crulge on x
    There's a twitter space right now where Elon's lackey @jason is saying that the Elon jet account was putting children in danger. Which is funny because that guy knows a lot about flight data and endangered children https://twitter.com/...
  • @ericareport Erica Marsh on x
    Elon Musk just abruptly left a Twitter Space after being unable to answer any questions regarding the mass suspension of journalists.
  • @jeretonuniverse @jeretonuniverse on x
    For everyone is wondering why #TwitterSpaces is not working: Elon had this encounter with journalists and fled the scene, not shortly after all of the metadata of the space was deleted including access to it. Suspicions are that he turned off access to Spaces overall. https://twi…
  • @rmayemsinger Randi Mayem Singer on x
    Elon just showed up in this Space, refused to answer journalists' questions, barked some orders and stormed out. Incredible. https://twitter.com/...
  • @tomgara Tom Gara on x
    The whole thing really got nuked from space. The concept of a series of frantic late night messages among execs being told that Katie Notopoulos must be stopped is an incredible one to think about. https://twitter.com/...
  • @davidlat David Lat on x
    So apparently suspended accounts can still participate in Twitter Spaces; the recently suspended @MattBinder is in this Spaces conversation right now. I guess glitches like this happen when you fire all your engineers.... https://twitter.com/...
  • @jordanuhl @jordanuhl on x
    lol elon joined that space, got one tough question then bounced because he got cornered in his response
  • @jbouie @jbouie on x
    this guy might be the single biggest baby on the planet https://twitter.com/...
  • @adribbleofink Aidan Moher on x
    Dude coulda had it all. He coulda built spaceships and future cars, people would've loved him. Solved cold fusion. He coulda had a Fortnite skin and ended up next to Edison and Tesla in the history books without ever having to work a day in his life. But instead he chose... this.…
  • @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on x
    The best part of hosting a Twitter Space with Elon Musk is that @PranavDixit had to write about it https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
  • @pranavdixit @pranavdixit on x
    🚨 Breaking: Elon Musk Bounced From A Twitter Space After Journalists He Suspended Tried To Ask Him Why They Were Banned https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
  • @kimtodzi Kim Todzi on x
    One has to admire the fact how bluntly Elon Musk demonstrates what an Orwellian farce his free speech approach is. https://twitter.com/...
  • @triketora Tracy Chou on x
    cannot wait for all the journalists to write up the insane discussion from this space https://twitter.com/...
  • @johnpaczkowski John Paczkowski on x
    Elon fled a Twitter space with most every tech reporter in the business when @katienotopoulos pressed him on this moments ago. https://twitter.com/...
  • @iamsophianelson Sophia A. Nelson on x
    He's not okay. https://twitter.com/...
  • @oalexanderdk Oliver Alexander on x
    Suspended accounts can still freely use Twitter Spaces to both talk and listen. Top tier coding at Twitter https://twitter.com/...
  • @ceciliakang Cecilia Kang on x
    The party moved to the back porch, people. Join https://twitter.com/...