{"id":1545221,"date":"2022-07-08T18:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T22:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1545221"},"modified":"2022-07-08T19:02:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T23:02:01","slug":"the-purge-is-coming-twitter-explodes-after-elon-musk-tanks-44-billion-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-is-coming-twitter-explodes-after-elon-musk-tanks-44-billion-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Purge Is Coming\u2019: Twitter Explodes After Elon Musk Tanks $44 Billion Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fthe-purge-is-coming-twitter-explodes-after-elon-musk-tanks-44-billion-deal%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=1545221&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--><p>Billionaire entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-blows-up-twitter-deal\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> moved to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on Friday, prompting a virtual avalanche of commentary \u2014 from both sides \u2014 on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who has asked from the beginning for data regarding how many fake\/\u201dbot\u201d accounts there are across the social media site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1418091\/000110465922078413\/tm2220599d1_ex99-p.htm\">sent a letter<\/a> through his attorneys alleging that information had not been provided and demanding that the agreement be terminated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr.\u00a0Musk and his financial advisors at Morgan Stanley have been requesting critical information from Twitter as far back as May\u00a09, 2022\u2014and repeatedly since then\u2014on the relationship between Twitter\u2019s disclosed mDAU figures and the prevalence of false or spam accounts on the platform,\u201d the letter stated in part, adding, \u201cNotwithstanding these repeated requests over the past two months, Twitter has still failed to provide much of the data and information responsive to Mr.\u00a0Musk\u2019s repeated requests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly s***. The party really is over here,\u201d Dave Rubin responded. The purge is coming. \u2026 Think about the bot\/manipulation\/corruption he found out about while doing due diligence. Probably can\u2019t say anything because of non-disclosures. This explains Twitter\u2019s more brazen suspensions and the increased shadowbanning lately. What a s***hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Think about the bot\/manipulation\/corruption he found out about while doing due diligence. Probably can\u2019t say anything because of non-disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>This explains Twitter\u2019s more brazen suspensions and the increased shadowbanning lately.<\/p>\n<p>What a shithole.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1545522429111554048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Think about the bot\/manipulation\/corruption he found out about while doing due diligence. Probably can\u2019t say anything because of non-disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>This explains Twitter\u2019s more brazen suspensions and the increased shadowbanning lately.<\/p>\n<p>What a shithole.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1545522429111554048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the last chance that something decent could be salvaged from the nightmare that Big Tech could become. The time to build new things was a long time ago,\u201d Rubin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1545525613934542849\">continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Outkick founder and radio host Clay Travis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1545530548654948354\">suggested<\/a> there still might be more to the situation than meets the eye, noting that the deal could still potentially be renegotiated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk says he\u2019s not buying Twitter for $44 billion because of all the bots &amp; fake accounts. Twitter says it\u2019s suing him to compel purchase. I\u2019d bet on a lower purchase price being negotiated before all is done here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart\u2019s Brandon Darby was not thrilled with the move. \u201c@elonmusk\u00a0Dude. Huge fan here\u2014 I use Starlink and I drive one of your cars. If you\u2019re playing some price negotiation, ok. But otherwise, super uncool to give hope to free speech advocates and then bail like that. It actually meant something to a lot of people,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandondarby\/status\/1545530247994609664\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho ever saw this coming? Oh, wait. Everybody,\u201d MSNBC host Joe Scarborough <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeNBC\/status\/1545522287352463363\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk has terminated his deal to buy Twitter. But perhaps he\u2019s got something up his sleeve,\u201d Steven Crowder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scrowder\/status\/1545534572716335112\">mused<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-strikes-back-will-sue-elon-musk-for-walking-away\/\">Twitter responded<\/a> to the news as well, saying that they intended to hold Musk to the deal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bret Taylor (@btaylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btaylor\/status\/1545526087089696768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bret Taylor (@btaylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btaylor\/status\/1545526087089696768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But Ashley St. Clair offered an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stclairashley\/status\/1545532191538663431\">alternative<\/a>: \u201cElon Musk should just do a public boxing match with Parag Agrawal winner takes Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk moved to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on Friday, prompting a virtual avalanche of commentary \u2014 from both sides \u2014 on the social media platform. Musk, who has asked from the beginning for data regarding how many fake\/\u201dbot\u201d accounts there are across the social media site, sent a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1547233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1545221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}