Elon Musk Pledges to Spend First Day as Twitter Boss Helping User Named Catturd
The MAGA-affiliated user claimed their account had been suppressed.
Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency
Elon Musk ascended the throne at Twitter on Thursday, and after swiftly axing the company’s top leadership, he tweeted, “the bird is freed.” His very next message: pledging to assist an account named @catturd2, which claimed to have been “shadowbanned, ghostbanned, [and] searchbanned” under the former regime. “I will be digging in more today,” Musk declared. Catturd2, whose profile photo is a white cat and whose bio simply reads “Chief Turd,” previously made news when Donald Trump retweeted the account multiple times after it broadcast election lies and tweeted in support of the former president. Catturd2 did not immediately respond to a request for comment; must’ve been busy in the litter box.
I will be digging in more today
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
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