Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos slams Tesla CEO Elon Musk days after buying Twitter for a whopping $44 billion.
Bezos, who bought out the Washington Post for $250 million in 2013, blasted the Tesla CEO, hinting that his Twitter’s takeover may greatly favor the Chinese government as it could be subjected to communist of China’s influence and pressure.
“Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?” Bezos tweeted on Tuesday.
He then added another tweet, answering his own question and said “My own answer to this question is probably not. The more likely outcome in this regard is complexity in China for Tesla, rather than censorship at Twitter.”
Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square? https://t.co/jTiEnabP6T
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 25, 2022
“But we’ll see. Musk is extremely good at navigating this kind of complexity.” Bezos added.
Bezos’ tweet came after New York Times journalist Mike Forsythe posted a tweet alleging that Musk is “extremely exposed” to communist China.
“Apropos of something: Tesla’s second-biggest market in 2021 was China (after the US); Chinese battery makers are major suppliers for Tesla’s EVs; After 2009, when China banned Twitter, the government there had almost no leverage over the platform; That may have just changed.” Forsythe said.
Following Bezos’ controversial tweet against Musk, U.S. Senator from Oregon and Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden tweeted: “Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook. Rupert Murdoch at News Corp. Jeff Bezos at the Post. Elon Musk at Twitter. Billionaires control too much of the information Americans consume. If billionaires can afford to scoop up media properties as trophies, they can afford to pay their taxes.”
