{"id":1420122,"date":"2022-04-05T13:29:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420122"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:29:37","slug":"elon-musk-reached-out-to-babylon-bee-before-purchasing-large-stake-in-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-reached-out-to-babylon-bee-before-purchasing-large-stake-in-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Reached Out to Babylon Bee Before Purchasing Large Stake in Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-reached-out-to-babylon-bee-before-purchasing-large-stake-in-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"header\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">Apr 5, 2022 1:22 PM<br \/>\n                                EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">&#8220;Musk reached out to us before he polled his followers about Twitter\u2019s commitment to free speech,&#8221; Dillon wrote in at tweet. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-5e19d842=\"\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-now-one-of-twitters-largest-shareholders\">Elon Musk<\/a> reportedly reached out to <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em> before his purchase of a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, and before he issued a tweet asking users if they believed the platform upheld the principles of free speech. It was also announced on Tuesday that Musk will join the tech giant&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-twitter-board\">board of directors.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>According to <em>Bee <\/em>CEO Seth Dillon, Musk reached out prior to his polling of Twitter users on whether or not they believe Twitter &#8220;rigorously adheres&#8221; to free speech.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1507259709224632344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Musk reached out to us before he polled his followers about Twitter\u2019s commitment to free speech,&#8221; Dillon wrote in at tweet. &#8220;He wanted to confirm that we had, in fact, been suspended. He even mused on that call that he might need to buy Twitter. Now he\u2019s the largest shareholder and has a seat on the board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Musk reached out to us before he polled his followers about Twitter&#8217;s commitment to free speech. He wanted to confirm that we had, in fact, been suspended. He even mused on that call that he might need to buy Twitter. Now he&#8217;s the largest shareholder and has a seat on the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1511325246967660547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p><em>The Babylon Bee <\/em>has recently been at odds with the tech giant. In March, the <em>Bee&#8217;s <\/em>main account was locked due to &#8220;hateful conduct&#8221; after naming the Biden administration&#8217;s Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, as its &#8220;Man of the Year.&#8221; This after USA Today named Levine, a biological male, as one of its &#8220;Women of the Year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>The <em>Bee&#8217;s <\/em>editor-in-chief Kyle Mann was also locked out of Twitter for what the social media platform calls <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-babylon-bee-editor-in-chief-banned-from-twitter\">&#8220;hateful conduct.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>Following the suspension of <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em>, Mann tweeted that perhaps Twitter would allow Mann back into the account &#8220;if we throw a few thousand Uighurs in a concentration camp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Babylon Bee&#8217;s editor in chief has now been locked out of Twitter for hateful conduct. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/toNL98w2mb\">pic.twitter.com\/toNL98w2mb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1506274486131245060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p>The <em>Bee <\/em>was told that the account would be restored in 12 hours, but only after the tweet was deleted. Dillon said that the tweet would not be deleted, saying that &#8220;truth is not hate speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re told our account will be restored in 12 hours, but the countdown won&#8217;t begin until we delete the tweet that violates the Twitter Rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/85tdmrqJpU\">pic.twitter.com\/85tdmrqJpU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1505666033620815880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-5e19d842=\"\">\n<p><em>The Babylon Bee&#8217;s Seth Dillon has been reached for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-5abbdcb6=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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