Katty Kay: Elon Musk ‘Is Grinding Twitter into the Ground’

GEIST Let s talk ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk and Twitter ░░░░░░░░ Twitter accounts of several ░░░░░░░░ covering Elon Musk are ░░░░░░░░ this morning Hours after ░░░░░░░░ accounts went offline Musk ░░░░░░░░ in a tweet that ░░░░░░░░ had been involved in ░░░░░░░░ his location and placed ░░░░░░░░ family in danger BRZEZINSKI ░░░░░░░░ GEIST Musk later tweeted ░░░░░░░░ suspensions would last for ░░░░░░░░ days In other tweets ░░░░░░░░ claimed the journalists posted ░░░░░░░░ exact real time location ░░░░░░░░ he called assassination coordinates ░░░░░░░░ violation of Twitter s ░░░░░░░░ of services SCARBOROUGH Oh ░░░░░░░░ Lord GEIST NBC News ░░░░░░░░ unable to verify the ░░░░░░░░ that his real time ░░░░░░░░ was in fact posted ░░░░░░░░ It s the same ░░░░░░░░ he used on Wednesday ░░░░░░░░ suspending the account that ░░░░░░░░ publicly available information to ░░░░░░░░ the movements of Musk ░░░░░░░░ private jet All this ░░░░░░░░ against the promise Musk ░░░░░░░░ to run the site ░░░░░░░░ a free speech absolutist ░░░░░░░░ has led to the ░░░░░░░░ of hundreds of accounts ░░░░░░░░ with QAnon and other ░░░░░░░░ right groups Many of ░░░░░░░░ accounts promote conspiracy theories ░░░░░░░░ hate speech So Joe ░░░░░░░░ are accounts he claims ░░░░░░░░ him Again the flight ░░░░░░░░ is publicly available but ░░░░░░░░ shut down the accounts ░░░░░░░░ at least a week ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH Yeah and these ░░░░░░░░ weren t doxxing him ░░░░░░░░ were some people that ░░░░░░░░ large followings on Twitter ░░░░░░░░ would write a negative ░░░░░░░░ about him on Mashable ░░░░░░░░ then they would get ░░░░░░░░ know suspended Or would ░░░░░░░░ something negative about him ░░░░░░░░ then get their account ░░░░░░░░ Katty Kay you know ░░░░░░░░ it s crazy isn ░░░░░░░░ it that Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ Musk both seem to ░░░░░░░░ losing it at the ░░░░░░░░ time and oh the ░░░░░░░░ irony for those people ░░░░░░░░ shamed themselves and said ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ through the Twitter Files ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ examples of when content ░░░░░░░░ suppressed and they spent ░░░░░░░░ know a weekend poring ░░░░░░░░ all of these documents ░░░░░░░░ was this one time ░░░░░░░░ they didn t amplify ░░░░░░░░ or that Oh this ░░░░░░░░ such a terrible First ░░░░░░░░ of course it s ░░░░░░░░ a First Amendment violation ░░░░░░░░ suspending these accounts if ░░░░░░░░ suspend my account it ░░░░░░░░ not a First Amendment ░░░░░░░░ it s called free ░░░░░░░░ They can do with ░░░░░░░░ what they want with ░░░░░░░░ company But all of ░░░░░░░░ people on the Trump ░░░░░░░░ on the far right ░░░░░░░░ have been talking about ░░░░░░░░ horrible Twitter was and ░░░░░░░░ it violated free speech ░░░░░░░░ come out and they ░░░░░░░░ their chests in moral ░░░░░░░░ right before the owner ░░░░░░░░ Twitter just unilaterally decides ░░░░░░░░ s going to ban ░░░░░░░░ who are saying things ░░░░░░░░ him that may be ░░░░░░░░ KAY Yeah I mean ░░░░░░░░ don t know whether ░░░░░░░░ told that you are ░░░░░░░░ richest man in the ░░░░░░░░ day in day out ░░░░░░░░ warps your sense of ░░░░░░░░ own invincibility but the ░░░░░░░░ of his business decisions ░░░░░░░░ coming back to bite ░░░░░░░░ Musk This is certainly ░░░░░░░░ him at Tesla it ░░░░░░░░ hurting him at Twitter ░░░░░░░░ He s not managing ░░░░░░░░ make money he is ░░░░░░░░ money from the site ░░░░░░░░ clearly don t like ░░░░░░░░ they are seeing on ░░░░░░░░ site It has to ░░░░░░░░ just a question of ░░░░░░░░ before whether it s ░░░░░░░░ or some other site ░░░░░░░░ actually operates in a ░░░░░░░░ grown up responsible way ░░░░░░░░ over all the Twitter ░░░░░░░░ I mean we will ░░░░░░░░ there I find it ░░░░░░░░ don t know about ░░░░░░░░ I m still on ░░░░░░░░ I still find it ░░░░░░░░ useful tool for finding ░░░░░░░░ data SCARBOROUGH Yeah of ░░░░░░░░ KAY It s the ░░░░░░░░ efficient way for me ░░░░░░░░ catch up on the ░░░░░░░░ As soon as there ░░░░░░░░ another platform that is ░░░░░░░░ as efficient I imagine ░░░░░░░░ ll have mass migration ░░░░░░░░ that platform it s ░░░░░░░░ question of the technology ░░░░░░░░ up with it Because ░░░░░░░░ platform where day after ░░░░░░░░ it becomes about and ░░░░░░░░ is the parallel between ░░░░░░░░ Musk and Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ are super wealthy billionaire ░░░░░░░░ people who are used ░░░░░░░░ things being about them ░░░░░░░░ are used to people ░░░░░░░░ that they are wonderful ░░░░░░░░ perfect and that everything ░░░░░░░░ touch turns to gold ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t until ░░░░░░░░ actually realize the limitations ░░░░░░░░ their abilities and their ░░░░░░░░ He is not a ░░░░░░░░ platform owner He has ░░░░░░░░ done this He doesn ░░░░░░░░ know what he s ░░░░░░░░ and he s grinding ░░░░░░░░ into the ground.”