Elon Musk criticized for sharing the image without giving credit to the artist.
Amid the Twitter acquisition drama, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a cartoon of himself as the rescuer of a blue bird, Twitter’s official mascot.
On social media on Saturday, Mr. Musk, without a word, shared a cartoon of him releasing a bird in the shape of the classic blue Twitter logo from a cage. According to DailyStar, the drawing was done by Chinese artist Devil Pepper in April.
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– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 28, 2022
The publication of Mr. Musk has caused several Internet users to make various comments with some trying to decipher the meaning of the image. Shibetoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for Dogecoin co-creator Billy Markus, reacted to the post. “Despite all my rage, I’m still just a bird in a cage,” he wrote.
“Do you mean to restore suspended accounts ??? Right ??” asked another. “It simply came to our notice then. So what is it? ”Posted a third.
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Some social media users also criticized the Tesla CEO for sharing the image and removing credit and signature from its creator. “Please give him credits – deleting his signature is not great,” one user said. Another encouraged Mr. Musk to “Please use the signed work.”
Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s recent tweet comes amid many other questions about his takeover of Twitter. Musk had a $ 44 billion bid for the site accepted some time ago, however, the deal stalled last week after fake account data on the microblogging site came to light.
It was revealed that less than 5% of users of the social networking site were made up of spam or fake accounts. Musk tweeted that the Twitter deal was “temporarily pending pending details that support the calculation that spam accounts actually account for less than 5% of users.” This confession caused the company to lose about 11% of its value.
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This was not the last turn in history, as just two days ago, Reuters reported that a Twitter investor sued Elon Musk and the social media platform for managing the $ 44 billion bid. billionaire for the company. The case alleges that Musk violated California corporate laws in a number of ways. He also claims that several tweets posted by Mr. Musk was “misleading” and made an effort to manipulate the Twitter stock market.