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Why Did Twitter Want Tesla CEO Elon Musk On Its Board?

Elon Musk isn’t joining the Twitter Board. The Tesla CEO was slated to join the micro-blogging site on 9 April Saturday but he informed Twitter the same morning that he won’t join, said Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal.

Highlights

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk had many discussions with Twitter over joining its board
• Elon Musk informed the company about his decision not to join the Twitter board on the day of joining
• The micro-blogging site was excited about his entry after his recent tweets
• Elon Musk toyed with radical ideas like converting Twitter headquarters into a shelter home

Why Was Twitter Bringing Elon Musk To Its Board?

Twitter Want Tesla CEO Elon Musk On Its Board

According to the company it considered Elon Musk as a fiduciary of the company and expected him to add value to it with his ideas of radical change. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal formally informed its shareholders about Elon Musk joining the board on April 5 but the Tesla CEO decided not to join the board and remain a shareholder. It is to be noted that Elon Musk is the biggest shareholder in Twitter.

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Kamala Harris Draws Flak For Her Memorial Day Tweet

US Vice President Kamala Harris came earned the ire of both supporters and critics after asking the fellow countrymen to enjoy a long weekend on Saturday. But she soon changed her tweet to salute the military on America’s military Sunday.

Kamala Harris tweeted on Saturday….

“enjoy the long weekend” tweeted the Vice President and it came as a surprise for the countrymen to who the tweet was addressed but it didn’t go down well with America as Americans were preparing for the military Sunday.

Since the tweet was from her official account, Kamala Harris had little room to look for an excuse but to correct the things. And she was quick in responding to the rebuke she received from her fans, followers, and critics.

Kamala Harris tweeted on Sunday….

The Vice President saluted the military for safeguarding the freedom of the country. She said that they risked their lives just for the sake of the fellow countrymen. She further tweeted that as the country prepared to honor them on Memorial Day, the country remembered their services and their sacrifice.

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Why Does Elon Musk Want Investors To Sell Dogecoins?

Billionaire Elon Musk said tweeted on Sunday that he supported selling of dogecoin and gave reason that too much concentration in dogecoin was the real issue. Dogecoin is a meme-based digital currency and Musk is the supporter of cryptocurrencies. With his tweet, he sent a strong signal to major stakeholders of dogecoin.

How Elon Musk supports cryptocurrencies?

Being a big supporter of cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk had fueled retail investment in digital currencies through his tweets. He recently sent the shares prices of dogecoin on an upward trend. Similarly, he helped the video game chain GameStop record a high growth in its stock prices through his tweets.

Would Elon Musk accept payment in cryptocurrencies?

On February 8, Tesla Inc made an announcement about a recent purchase of $1.5 billion of digital currency bitcoin. Also, the Elon Musk owned company announced that it would soon start accepting payments for its cars in cryptocurrencies.

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What Did Twitter Say About Farmers’ Protest?

Twitter Inc. said that safety of their employees was a top priority while reaching out to the Union IT Minister for a formal dialogue in response to the non-compliance notice in relation to February 4 order to take down 1,178 listed handles.

What was the government order?

The Indian government asked the social media giant to take down 1,178 listed handles flagged by security agencies as pro-Khalistani accounts or those supported by Pakistan. Operating from foreign soils, these Twitter accounts were sharing misinformation and provocative contents on the ongoing farm issue in India. But Twitter has yet to take a call on this order.

What was Twitter’s response to government?

Twitter said that continued to be engaged with the Government of India from a position of respect and had reached out to the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology for a formal dialogue.

They strongly believe that the open and free exchange of information had a positive global impact and that the Tweets must continue to follow. The company took appropriate steps regarding such concerns as raised by the Government of India while making sure … Read the rest

Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Twitter’s Reasoning Over Trump’s Posts

Twitter has started warning President Trump for inaccurate and inflammatory tweets by fact-checking his posts but Facebook has yet to take a decision in this regard. Also, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has explained why he took Trump’s inflammatory posts so passively.

Threat from the US President

Donald Trump threatened the Minneapolis protestors with military action and this incident snowballed in Twitter adding warning to Trump’s tweet.

• Minneapolis citizens were protesting the killing of 46-year old George Floyd when Trump took to social media to show his displeasure against the protests. He made series of posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. He said that the talked to Governor Tim Walz and told the governor that the military was with the governor. And that the military could take over the situation and shoot the looters.

• Twitter replied to the post saying that the post was glorifying violence. But it allowed the social media users to view the message from President Trump.

• Mark Zuckerberg who owns Facebook and Instagram took no action but he explained his silence. He said he was personally against such posts … Read the rest

Twitter War Between Congress Leader Alka Lamba And Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt

Former AamAadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba is being trolled for her lewd remarks over the PM Narendra Modi. She also didn’t spare wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt when he tried to intervene and stopper her from making objectionable remarks against the PM.

Alka Lamba’s tweet

She tweeted a picture of Narendra Modi in the Sangh’s uniform and speaking from a dais to comment on the RSS and BJP. She said that the Sangh had nothing to do with politics but the truth was that that all the BJP leaders were the birth of the Sangh! @#$.

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt tweeted

The wrestler wrote [email protected]#$$ who’s born is evident from your words Alka Lamba. And this thinking exposes your upbringing. You must have seen the love of the country for the person you are writing for. The whole country stands together with him except a few mental patients like you.

An irritated Alka Lamba retweeted the wrestler

A socked Alka Lamba rushed to reply Yogeshwar Dutt but in a very mean language. She said, “Abe Yogeshwar Dutt, ask your mother who your father is. Are you ashamed of putting your DP with your … Read the rest