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Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk to resign as Twitter CEO ‘as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This Nov. 4, 2013, file photo shows the sign outside of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

‘Twitter Files’ show FBI offered executives top secret info to guide 2020 election censorship

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Musk’s Twitter rules: A dizzying, whiplash-inducing timeline

Associated Press

SpaceX's Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Musk says no successor in place, as Twitter poll urges him to step down

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

CEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Musk says his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is "temporarily on hold" pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform. The announcement that the Tesla billionaire tweeted Friday, May 13, 2022 is another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over his planned buyout of Twitter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

‘Prohibited platforms’: Twitter bans linking to social media rivals

By Matt O'Brien and Brian P. D. Hannon

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk offers to step down as Twitterer-in-chief

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

SpaceX's Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Lorenz added to list of journalists banned from Twitter

By Brian P. D. Hannon - Associated Press

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.N. warns Musk is setting a ‘dangerous precedent’ in suspending journalists from platform

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is seen during a meeting at the Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FIL E**

AOC blasts Musk for suspending journalists on Twitter over alleged doxxing

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany on March 22, 2022. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Musk defends banning critics on Twitter, acknowledges drama gives more power

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Fascist Tweets and COVID-19 Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Elon Musk’s gift to America

By Tom Basile

SpaceX's Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Twitter suspends journalists who wrote about owner Elon Musk

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

Elon Musk arrives at the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. According to a filing posted late Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla stock during the week, but it wasn’t clear where the proceeds were being spent. Musk has sold nearly $23 billion worth of Tesla stock since April, with much of the money likely going to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Elon Musk better get lots of armed guards

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe. Officials warn the social media company will have to comply with some of the world’s toughest laws targeting toxic content. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Musk’s Twitter tweaks foreshadow EU showdown over new rules

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Elon Musk arrives at the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. According to a filing posted late Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla stock during the week, but it wasn’t clear where the proceeds were being spent. Musk has sold nearly $23 billion worth of Tesla stock since April, with much of the money likely going to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Musk sells more Tesla shares as troubles at Twitter mount

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk arrives at the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. According to a filing posted late Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla stock during the week, but it wasn’t clear where the proceeds were being spent. Musk has sold nearly $23 billion worth of Tesla stock since April, with much of the money likely going to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Twitter suspends journalists who cover Elon Musk

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

FILE - SpaceX's Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Twitter on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Elon Musk: Journalists suspended from Twitter for ‘doxxing’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

SpaceX's Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk's Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP) **FILE**

Twitter suspends accounts that track Elon Musk’s private jet, SpaceX jet

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Twitter has suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk's private jet, despite a pledge by the social media platform's new owner to keep it up because of his free speech principles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter changes rules for all users over account tracking Elon Musk’s jet

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Twitter’s new reign of free speech exposes true fascists like Alexander S. Vindman

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times