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Elon Musk Says He Owns Everyone's Twitter Account in Bizarre Alex Jones Court Filing (gizmodo.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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Does it feel like your X account belongs to you and you can do whatever you want with it? That’s not true, according to a new court filing from the social media company formerly known as Twitter. It’s an argument that X is making in order to throw a wrench in The Onion’s recent purchase of InfoWars, the conspiracy theory media company run by Alex Jones. And it’s a great reminder that you don’t actually own what you think you own in the digital age.

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I hadn't logged into Twitter in years. Just signed in to delete my account. He can have it back.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

You think it's really deleted in the back end? Adorable

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

...I don't care.

I left Facebook but I left my account a husk. If the last thing they ever know is that I went to Krispy Kreme and got a pumpkin spice donut in 2017, then that's cool with me.

I kept it because occasionally a dude needs a $50 TV and it's the best place to find a used one.

"After eating the donut, the trail goes cold, Mr. Zuckerberg. We just don't know!*

[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's cute that you think Facebook only knows things about you if you post them on Facebook lol

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 46 minutes ago

It's cute that you think I even have it installed.

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

You missed the point, congrats.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

No, I don't. But that's another data point for them to see people leaving their service.

[–] ZigZagZebra@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

same, deleted an inactive account.