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Elon Musk mercilessly booed and mocked at video game tournament
Elon Musk mercilessly booed and mocked at video game tournament
Elon Musk is usually right at home among large crowds of video game aficionados – but now, even they are turning against him. The billionaire, who bought Twitter last year, gutted many of its core features and renamed it X, was booed and jeered at by a large gaming crowd at the recent Valorant Champions 2023 tournament in Los Angeles. In a clip shared on X/Twitter, Musk appeared on the big screen and was immediately met with a chorus of dissent. Some of the crowd could even be heard shouting: “Bring back Twitter.” “Where’s that coming from, that can’t be from in here, surely,” one of the stream’s commentators asked. “Is that a bigger reaction than [professional Valorant player] tenZ got?” Reacting to the clip on X, one person said: “Now he’s gonna ban all valorant content on twitter or lock it behind the sub.” The person was referring to the fact that Musk has frequently cracked down on the content of rivals, such as Substack, on Twitter/X. That is despite claiming he wanted to apply a police of “free speech absolutism” on his own app. During his tenure at Twitter, Musk has also suspended reporters and left-wing accounts that drew his ire, retaliated against media outlets perceived as too liberal and ordered engineers to boost his posts after a tweet from president Joe Biden about the Super Bowl did better than his own. It's not the first time he's been booed onstage in recent times either. Musk appeared to be mercilessly jeered by audience members after being brought on stage by Dave Chappelle on 12 December. Musk was introduced by the comedian during his show at San Francisco’s Chase Center. Chappelle joked: “It sounds like some of the people you fired are in the audience.” In a characteristically self-aware moment after the incident, Musk called his hecklers "unhinged". The Tesla founder's leadership of Twitter, then X, has also led to a reported drop in standards across the app, with many of the company’s content moderation staff sacked late last year as he slashed headcount. And late last year, research given to the New York Times suggested there has been a sharp a rise in hate speech on the platform as a result. No wonder the gamers were unhappy with Musk. “I’m sure he’ll change it back now,” said the original poster, Jake Lucky, seemingly sarcastically. At least he’s realistic about his chances. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-08-28 17:16
Turkish banks restrict credit access amid pre-runoff uncertainty
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Climate Risks Push Indonesia to Explore Blue Bond Market
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NYC Revenue Won’t Tank in Office ‘Doomsday’ Scenario, Comptroller Says
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Tyra Banks returns to modelling for Karen Millen
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'Princess Peach': Understanding TikTok's wild filter. Why was it banned?
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Where is Robert Chambers now? 'Central Park Strangler' aka 'Preppy Killer' released from New York prison
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China says South Korean footballer detained in alleged bribery case
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Ron Cephas-Jones, 'This Is Us' actor who won 2 Emmys, dies at 66
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Suspected serial killer Billy Chemirmir killed in Texas prison
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A convicted murderer who is suspected of slaughtering dozens of other women was found dead in his Texas jail cell early Tuesday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The TDCJ said Billy Chemirmir’s cellmate was identified as the assailant. Billy Chemirmir was found guilty of capital murder in October 2022 in the death of 87-year-old Mary Brooks. His first case for another murder ended in a mistrial.
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Will Legendaries Work in Dragonflight Pre-Patch?
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Central bank efforts to cool inflation may harm innovation, study shows
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