Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Just Google "Elon Musk Getting sued for calling rescuer a pedo guy," You'll Thank Me Later


I think the pic speaks for itself. (Bonus points if you get the rather obscure headline reference.)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/elon-musk-could-face-lawsuit-for-calling-cave-rescuer-a-pedo-guy/

Elon Musk could face lawsuit for calling cave rescuer a “pedo guy”
Musk lobs baseless charge at rescuer who said his submarine idea was "PR stunt."
JON BRODKIN - 7/16/2018, 12:38 PM

A diver who helped rescue boys trapped in a Thailand cave may sue Elon Musk after the tech billionaire called the rescuer a "pedo guy."

Diver Vernon Unsworth was instrumental in the rescue, and he said that Musk's attempt to build a small submarine for the rescue effort was a "PR stunt" that had no chance of working. Musk soon promised to prove Unsworth wrong—and lobbed a baseless charge of pedophilia at the rescuer.

In a series of tweets yesterday, Musk initially challenged Unsworth to "show [the] final rescue video" before writing, "You know what, don't bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it."

Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, offered no evidence or justification for his claim that Unsworth is a pedophile. When another person on Twitter pointed out that Musk is "calling the guy who found the children a pedo," Musk responded, "Bet ya a signed dollar it's true." Musk has since deleted the tweets.

Musk's outburst came just a week after he said in a Bloomberg interview that he would try to be less combative on Twitter. "I should probably say nothing more often," Musk said at the time.

Unsworth, 63, is British and lives in Thailand for part of the year. He could sue Musk for libel in a British court. As The Guardian reported:

Unsworth told journalists at the cave site, where a cleanup operation is under way, that the remarks about him were an attack on the entire rescue crew.

"I believe he's called me a pedophile," he said. "I think people realize what sort of guy [Musk] is."

Asked if he would consider taking legal action against Musk, he told reporters: "Yes, it's not finished."

A lawyer who spoke to The Guardian called it "a cast-iron case of libel."

"The caver told AFP he would make a decision when he flies back to the UK this week, but said the episode with Musk 'ain't finished,'" the news agency reported.

"He's just a PR stunt merchant—that's all he is," Unsworth added.

Divers completed the rescue of 12 boys last week while saying that Musk's submarine was "not practical for this mission." Unsworth's knowledge of the cave system's layout reportedly was crucial in the rescue.

Musk made his "pedo guy" comment in a tweet to Zeynep Tufekci, a University of North Carolina professor who recently wrote a New York Times op-ed titled, "What Elon Musk Should Learn From the Thailand Cave Rescue."

Tufekci was surprised by Musk's tweet. "I’m dumbfounded by this," Tufekci wrote on Twitter. "I’d understand getting mad at me... but Vern Unsworth is, by all accounts I saw, a key hero of the miraculous rescue. The kids certainly—and many more divers likely—would be dead if not for him."

10 comments:

  1. Anybody wants to See if Elon Musk has been on the Metoo list or is facing harassment allegations

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  2. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/india-whatsapp-stirs-deadly-rumours-180717073333535.html

    And now India is facing fake news issues over a deceased Google employee getting killed because the the vigilantes made allegations that he was a pedo in the allegations

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  3. https://telanganatoday.com/congress-mim-extend-aid-to-mohammad-azams-kin

    Elon Musk your corporate rival in Silicon Valley just got killed in India is now facing Allegations of fake news and one of their employees just got killed for being accused of being a pedo in India.

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  4. https://m.sfgate.com/news/article/India-s-Supreme-Court-cracks-down-on-social-13081376.php

    Yes and now Whatsapp is now facing backlash in India because of the latest vigilante murder on someone they accuse of being a pedo. Elon I get its a trendy thing to act like Trump but at some point its gonna catch up with you.

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  5. https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/629731693/fake-news-turns-deadly-in-india

    Update now Whatsapp is under fire for inciting vigilante murders in India. Note India has had lynch murderers kill people they believe are Pedos

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  6. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/20/whatsapp-to-limit-message-forwarding-after-india-mob-lynchings

    Update facebook makes reforms to the what's app division after reports of people getting murdered over fake news over child lifting allegations

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  7. https://katu.com/news/nation-world/vigilante-justice-local-dad-baits-suspected-child-predators-exposes-them-online

    Yes now a creep catchers group in Texas plays the Ryan Laforge card here in the USA

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  8. http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/27/18/cedric-lee-deniece-cornejo-guilty-of-grave-coercion-for-mauling-vhong-navarro

    Yes in the Philippines there were thugs convicted for beating up a person they accuse of being an RSO and they got convicted for assault and torture.

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  9. https://wqad.com/2018/09/07/weed-whiskey-tesla-and-a-flamethrower-elon-musk-meets-joe-rogan/

    Elon Musk gets more batshit crazy on The Joe Rogan Podcast

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  10. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45551895

    Update Elon Musk is sued for the Batshit rants on the Thai Rescue crew

    A British cave diver is suing tech billionaire Elon Musk for defamation after his repeated claims the diver is a child abuser.

    Vernon Unsworth helped with the rescue of 12 Thai teenagers from a flooded cave in July.

    Mr Musk has made several accusations against Mr Unsworth without evidence, including that he was a "child rapist".

    The lawsuit seeks $75,000 (£57,000) in compensation and an injunction against Mr Musk to stop further allegations.

    The filing also says Mr Unsworth is seeking "punitive damages" as well as the compensation, "to punish him for his wrongdoing and deter him from repeating such heinous conduct".



    Read the lawsuit here [2MB]
    It says Mr Musk sometimes used his Twitter account and emails to "publish to the world false and defamatory accusations" against the Briton.

    His account had over 22.5 million followers during this time, the filing states.

    The South African-born head of Tesla previously tweeted it was "strange he hasn't sued me" when Mr Unsworth said he was considering legal action.

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