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Tom of Temecula

(1,179 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2024, 01:26 AM Apr 9

Elon Musk Didn't Want His Latest Deposition Released. Here It Is.

Elon Musk was deposed last month over his role in allegedly promoting a false conspiracy theory that a 22-year-old Jewish man participated in a neo-Nazi brawl. Musk tried to keep the deposition from going public, and perhaps for good reason: It did not go well for him. “There’s some risk that what I say is incorrect, but one has to balance that against having a chilling effect on free speech in general, which would undermine the entire foundation of our democracy,” Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), said during the deposition.

The lawsuit against the billionaire, filed in October, alleges that Musk used his colossal social media platform to amplify a false far-right conspiracy theory linking 22-year-old Ben Brody to a brawl in Oregon between the neo-Nazi group Rose City Nationalists and the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist fight club. The brawl occurred during Oregon City’s first Pride Night Fest, when both groups came to disrupt the event and spew anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.

Brody wasn’t even in the same state when the June 24 brawl occurred. But his world was turned upside down when far-right X accounts, magnified by Musk, falsely identified him as a member of Rose City Nationalists (and an undercover federal agent) and posted his personal information online.

Musk amplified the conspiracy theory repeatedly to his more than 180 million followers, suggesting Brody was a fresh-faced federal agent pretending to be a neo-Nazi in a “false flag situation,” a phrase used to suggest a harmful event was deliberately set up to misrepresent a group or person.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-didnt-want-his-latest-deposition-released-here-it-is_n_66133d2ce4b0d81853f9a766

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Elon Musk Didn't Want His Latest Deposition Released. Here It Is. (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Apr 9 OP

You're *supposed* to feel chilled about making unfounded accusations, asshole Silent3 Apr 9 #1

Fucking Evil musk neo Nazi Promoter & Now attempting to Cha Apr 9 #2

Mark Bankston did a great job in this Depo LetMyPeopleVote Apr 9 #3

+1 dalton99a Apr 9 #10

Do you know if theres audio of this? Volaris Apr 9 #13

It was taped but the video has not yet been released LetMyPeopleVote Apr 9 #14

Ok thanks Volaris Apr 9 #15

F**K Musk sheshe2 Apr 9 #4

How much of his wealth taken from multigraincracker Apr 9 #5

I hope this case will point out that Musk had Twitter reconfigured to promote his own tweets muriel_volestrangler Apr 9 #6

"neo-fascist fight club" - That's a good one! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 9 #7

Yeah wtf? Voltaire2 Apr 9 #8

That's what they dream of. In practice they are bullies who enjoy knocking heads. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 9 #9

Musk and his attorney were assholes LetMyPeopleVote Apr 9 #11

Mark is seeking sanctions for the asshole out of state attorney LetMyPeopleVote Apr 9 #12

Silent3

(15,247 posts)

1. You're *supposed* to feel chilled about making unfounded accusations, asshole

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 01:31 AM

Apr 9

(That's addressed to Elon, not the OP!)

The foundation of democracy is not (as Elon, Trump, Bannon, and many other MAGAts would have you believe) malicious defamation.

Cha

(297,439 posts)

2. Fucking Evil musk neo Nazi Promoter & Now attempting to

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 01:35 AM

Apr 9

Ruin a young Jewish man's life.

I Hope Ben Brody get's his Million$$$$!!

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,427 posts)

3. Mark Bankston did a great job in this Depo

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 02:12 AM

Apr 9

Elon is blocking some of the tweets

Link to tweet

dalton99a

(81,543 posts)

10. +1

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 06:58 AM

Apr 9

Volaris

(10,273 posts)

13. Do you know if theres audio of this?

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 02:48 PM

Apr 9

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,427 posts)

14. It was taped but the video has not yet been released

Reply to Volaris (Reply #13)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 02:59 PM

Apr 9

Volaris

(10,273 posts)

15. Ok thanks

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #14)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 07:07 PM

Apr 9

sheshe2

(83,833 posts)

4. F**K Musk

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 02:31 AM

Apr 9

multigraincracker

(32,706 posts)

5. How much of his wealth taken from

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 04:18 AM

Apr 9

musk would equal his pain to this innocent human’s?
I’m guessing, way more than half.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,337 posts)

6. I hope this case will point out that Musk had Twitter reconfigured to promote his own tweets

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 05:03 AM

Apr 9

so that Musk's careless interest in false neo-Nazi crap gets pushed onto other people. Musk comes across as a feckless dolt who just reacts to anything he sees with a gut "whoa, dude" and no thinking. It's frightening to think he controls corporations involved in public safety and information.