Elon Musk removed the verification badges from "right-wing" journalists on X for their criticism of immigrants. Additionally, their followers' lists on the platform were entirely cleared.
Elon is revoking blue checks from several prominent right wing accounts because they criticized his support for Indian tech worker immigrants.
— DreamLeaf 🌱🌻 🍉 (@DreamLeaf5) December 27, 2024
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At least @isabellamoody, @GavinWax, @LauraLoomer, and @rawsalerts were targeted. All of them expressed extremely negative views regarding Elon Musk's stance on immigrants in the U.S.
BREAKING:
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 27, 2024
🚨🚨🚨@elonmusk has removed my blue check mark on X because I dared to question his support for H1B visas, the replacement of American tech workers by Indian immigrants, and I questioned his relationship with China.
Looks like Elon Musk is going to be silencing me… pic.twitter.com/6hvTGCEZHw
"@elonmusk removed my blue checkmark because I dared to question his support for H1B visas, replacing American tech workers with Indian immigrants, and questioned his relationship with China," writes Laura Loomer.
It is worth noting that Elon Musk himself is an immigrant from South Africa. In response to the situation, he stated that the platform's rules prohibit users from engaging in organized spam attacks, regardless of verification status.
That said, any accounts found to be engaged in coordinated attacks to spam target accounts with mute/blocks will themselves be categorized – correctly – as spam.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 27, 2024
Live by the spam, die by the spam. https://t.co/xo6aN4eAzR