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March 19, 2023 | 9:29 a.m
Musk’s affinity for the poop emoji has been shown before; It was used as evidence in a lawsuit related to his takeover of Twitter. AP
Twitter goes s–t.
Owner Elon Musk on Sunday previewed his social network’s new media work plan, tweeting that journalists contacting the company’s press department will be greeted with a poop emoji.
His scatological strategy was not sarcastic or excessive; An email query from The Post on Sunday morning was immediately answered with the stomach-turning icon, with no words.
It’s not the first time Musk’s fondness for the tasteless symbol has sparked a backlash.
Last year, he had to explain that his use of the colorless emoji in response to then-CEO Parag Agrawal signaled that he thought Agrawal’s claim that bots compromise less than 5 percent of the network was “bs.”
The company provided the tweet as part of a lawsuit arguing that Musk had “breached his obligations” under the merger deal, which was written when he agreed to take it.
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press@twitter.com now automatically replies with
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2023
An automated reply after The Post reached out to Twitter.
Musk had bought Twitter on a promise to promote free speech — partly in response to the controversial 2020 ban of a Post article detailing soon-to-be first son Hunter Biden’s questionable lobbying practices abroad.
The South African native then moved to temporarily suspend the accounts of some writers who had reported tracking the location of his private jet.
Late last year, Musk began releasing reams of company announcements that illustrated the network’s controversial method of moderating and suppressing information, beginning with the Post’s exposé.
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