'I'm A Nobody And He Calls My Employer?' Elon Musk Silences Tesla Critics By Deactivating Twitter Accounts And Reaching Out To Their Employers
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Twitter Inc. made headlines this week when it suspended the account of Aaron Greenspan, a well-known critic of Tesla Inc. and its CEO Elon Musk. See Next: This Startup Invented Programmable, Drinkable Plastic That Dissolves In Water In 60 Hours Greenspan, founder of PlainSite, found his online presence abruptly disrupted on June 13. The suspension of his account, which had more than 24,000 followers, raises questions about freedom of speech and online censorship. Ironically, Twitter claims defen
  • Itty53@kbin.social
    26·
    2 years ago

    That dude 100% deserved it. Not for anything he said but for being a tech career guy and wiring his house up so hard he couldn’t open it without Alexa. He wouldn’t have been able to open it without wifi either.

    • Ghostalmedia@beehaw.org
      12·
      2 years ago

      If you’re going all in on smart home shit, you should ALWAYS buy the products that work when the internet goes out, or when the local IoT network shits out.

      Example, fuck Hue lights. Gets Caseta switches that are wired in and can be used like real switches. Don’t get a smart lock that requires a phone or a wireless pays. Get one that also has a keypad that is hardwired directly into the lock and has a normal key hole. Carry the key just incase.

      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
        4·
        2 years ago

        Yeah I try to get Zigbee or Zwave devices as much as possible. None of my smarthome stuff relies on Alexa or Google to work.

    • festus@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 years ago

      The title there is awful. He wasn’t physically locked out of the house, he was locked out of the ‘smart home’ devices.

    • Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 years ago

      That’s not what happened. His Amazon devices were locked out, but he has HomeAssistant setup with various other IoT devices that worked fine still.