31 July 2024

I Believe that the Term for this is, "Illegal In-Kind Donation"

On Ecch (ex-Twitter) an account called, White Dudes for Harris raised more than $4,000,000.00 for the Kamala Harris Presidential campaign.

Ecch promptly shut down their account.

Once the inevitable sh%$ storm blew up, they backtracked.

It took about 4 hours.

Ecch management is claiming that it was an error.

Yeah, right:

Elon Musk’s social media platform X suspended “White Dudes for Harris” Monday night, shortly after a massive fundraising call where almost 200,000 people helped raise more than $4 million for the vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee.

The account, @dudes4harris, was reinstated Tuesday morning after it was blocked hours before because of “a user report” for “violating our rules against evading suspension,” according to a screenshot shared with The Washington Post. Organizer Ross Morales Rocketto said the group submitted a complaint to X, but had no other direct communication from the platform.

“We hosted the event, and it was wholesome and a bunch of dudes being earnest, getting inspired and excited,” Morales Rocketto said in an interview with The Post. “And suddenly we realized the [X] account had been suspended and we had no idea why.”

Of course you have no reason why. That's what happens with Ecch, or the criminal enterprise formerly known as Facebook™, or Google, or Amazon.

Of course, none of the other three are this f%$#ing stupid, but, you know, Elon.

………

The suspension on X occurred as the group and its allies were posting heavily about the event after it ended. While the exact reasons behind it are unclear, it reignited broader concerns among Democrats that the platform, which Musk bought in 2022, could be used to influence the online discourse in the months leading to the presidential election.

Musk endorsed former president Donald Trump on the platform this month and has been using it to stump for the GOP candidate. The billionaire has 192 million followers on the platform, giving him a far larger social media megaphone than most any other individual — even Biden, Harris or Trump.

Gee, you think?

Assuming that Elon did this on purpose, or let it happen on purpose, and my guess is that he did, this could be considered an illegal in-kind political donation.

Of course, it's unlikely to happen, campaign finance laws are not often enforced, but it's Elon, so I will assume malice.

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