Elon Musk admits to Joe Rogan that old Twitter censored conservatives at '10x the rate of Democrats'



It wasn’t that long ago that Twitter was owned by Jack Dorsey and operated by leftists who loved nothing more than to give the boot to anyone who diverged from the accepted narrative, which, of course, was handcrafted by Democrats. As a result, many conservatives were kicked off the platform and effectively prevented from sharing their ideas.

However, that all changed when Elon Musk purchased the company and lifted the ban on sharing conservative thoughts and opinions.

Musk recently joined Joe Rogan on "The Joe Rogan Experience," and the subject of Twitter’s dark days was one topic of conversation.

“From the standpoint of some of the people who used to be at Twitter,” Musk said, there’s been “a big shift to the right.”

“That is correct. It is a shift to the right because everything is to the right if you’re far-left,” he explained, “but how many far-left people have been suspended or banned from Twitter, now X? Zero.”

Further, “the degree to which Twitter was simply an arm of the government was not well understood by the public,” Musk told Rogan, adding that “a state publication is the way to think of old Twitter.”

“Was the justification from their perspective that they are progressive liberals [and] they have the right intentions, [so] it's important that they stay in power?” asked Rogan.

“There was basically oppression of any views that would even, I would say, be considered middle of the road, but certainly anything on the right; I’m not talking far-right, I’m talking mildly right,” Musk explained.

“Republicans were suppressed at 10 times the rate of Democrats, [and] that’s because old Twitter was fundamentally controlled by the far left,” he added.

“To say that Twitter is an arm of the government and that conservative voices were suppressed 10 times more than liberal voices ... wow,” says Chad Prather. “Is that what I hear him saying? That Twitter was just government propaganda? ... You gotta let that stuff sink in.”


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Are Elon Musk and Twitter/X getting CANCELED?



Elon Musk might have dreams of going to Mars, but for now, he’s in a battle with the Anti-Defamation League.

Musk is threatening to sue the ADL for defamation, claiming the nonprofit organization is making erroneous claims about rising hate speech on the platform, which has torpedoed X’s advertising revenue.

Musk tweeted that U.S. advertising revenue is “still down 60%, primarily due to pressure on advertisers by @ADL (that’s what advertisers tell us), so they almost succeeded in killing X/Twitter.”

He has also remarked that the ADL is focused on ruining X by “falsely accusing” both the platform and him of being anti-Semitic.

Jason Whitlock isn’t surprised, saying the ADL is “not really all that interested in antisemitism as much as they’re interested in controlling the conversation and limiting public discourse and free speech in America.”

Whitlock’s guest, Royce White, says that despite the fact that it seems Musk is going to war for free speech, White's opinion on the man hasn't changed.

“I don’t trust anybody who wants to participate in putting chips in people’s brains. I don’t trust anybody who wants to participate in the electric vehicle initiative all around the world. I think it’s a means to impede the freedom of movement for citizens,” White says.

White is convinced Musk’s innovations will “aid and assist the fourth industrial revolution in all of these efforts to, you know, control and dominate people through e-commerce and central bank digital currency, social credit scores,” which he says are “all on the way.”

When Whitlock questions whether this battle with the ADL gives White even a little more of a positive view of the X owner, White replies, “No, it doesn’t.”

“He has to defend himself, but him defending himself doesn’t mean that he’s defending us,” White says.

“It’s a very simple concept. The ADL is not a free speech organization. They are a censoring organization. They want to censor free speech. Elon Musk is lukewarm on free speech. So, if they have a fight with each other over on their side of the fence, that’s got nothing to do with me,” he adds.


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CEO of X reveals MAJOR changes Elon Musk is about to unleash



As many know, Twitter has been renamed X, but that’s not the only thing Elon Musk intends to change about the social media platform.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that Musk has had rebranding plans for a long time now to “transform Twitter into X — the everything app,” a “global town square that is fueled by free expression, where the public gathers in real time.”

"'In real time' is what's most important about the vibrancy of X and how people interact with it," Yaccarino says, adding that since Musk acquired the platform, X has transformed "experiences and evolution into long-form video and articles" where people can "subscribe to [their] favorite creators who are now earning a real living on the platform."

“Soon you'll be able to make video chat calls without having to give your phone number to anyone on the platform” and potentially make payments to friends and other creators.

“The rebrand represented really a liberation from Twitter, a liberation that allowed us to evolve past a legacy mindset and a thinking and to reimagine how everyone on Spaces who's listening, everybody who's watching. Around the world, it's going to change how we congregate, how we entertain, how we transact all in one place,” she continues.


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Elon Musk announces he is changing Twitter's bird logo to an 'X' as soon as Monday



Elon Musk announced early on Sunday that he plans to change Twitter's bird logo to an "X."

Shortly after midnight, Musk tweeted: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."

He added: "If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow."

The logo rebrand is the latest change since the billionaire bought Twitter for $44 billion last year.

Earlier this month, Twitter began an ad-sharing program with certain popular users on the social media platform.

Last month, Musk declared the LGBTQ terms "cisgender" and "cis" to be slurs on Twitter.

In May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his presidential bid on a Twitter Spaces event with Musk.

In April, Musk removed the legacy badges from verified accounts. Twitter then rolled out Twitter Blue – an $8-per-month subscription service that verifies users in an attempt to increase revenue.

Last week, Musk admitted that Twitter's ad revenue had dropped by about 50%.

Musk hired former NBCUniversal chairman of global advertising and partnerships, Linda Yaccarino, as Twitter's new CEO in May.

Twitter faces new competition from Meta's Threads social media app that launched earlier this month. Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter copycat is a text-based version of the photo-sharing Instagram app.

"Our vision with Threads is to take what Instagram does best and expand that to text, creating a positive and creative space to express your ideas," Meta said in a press release. "Just like on Instagram, with Threads you can follow and connect with friends and creators who share your interests – including the people you follow on Instagram and beyond. And you can use our existing suite of safety and user controls."

Threads had reached 100 million users within a week after the social media app's debut.

Threads peaked on July 7, but has reportedly plummeted 70% in the number of daily active users.

Forbes reported, "Threads’ daily active users stands at around 13 million—down from 44 million on July 7—and the average daily time spent on the app is four minutes, which is down from its launch day peak of 19 minutes, according to Sensor Tower."

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