Former Trump economic adviser Steve Moore shares his views on Twitter and other social media companies banning President Trump.
In a tweet on Tuesday, billionaire Elon Musk announced that he would be taking some time off from the social media platform.
“Not on Twitter for a while,” he wrote.
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The tweet had garnered more than 357,000 likes and 17,000 retweets by 2:30 p.m. ET.
It is not the first time that the founder of Tesla and SpaceX has told his followers that he would break away from Twitter.
In a now-deleted 2019 tweet, Musk said he would leave – a threat he made earlier that year – only to return three days later.
Last June, he said he would be leaving – the tweeted the exact same message – but logged back in just a few days later.
Monday, Musk joined the social audio app Clubhouse with much fanfare.
Twitter has brought the 49-year-old into trouble before, leading to an SEC investigation, $ 40 million in fines and a defamation lawsuit against British caver Vernon Unsworth, whom he called a “pedo.”
Musk’s tweets have also impacted the stock market, causing Gamestop shares to rise 157% on January 27. tweet “Gamestonk”, and shares of online marketplace Etsy surging 3.5% on January 26 thereafter tweeting “I like Etsy a little bit.” He also helped bitcoin by 15% on Friday after adding “#bitcoin” to his Twitter bio.
Musk has also used the social media platform to announce the rollout of several other projects, including the construction of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin.
On Monday, Musk tweeted that the first human trials at its neurotechnology company Neuralink could begin later this year.
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