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Elon Musk Accuses Stephen King of ‘Deadnaming’ X After Author Insists on Calling It Twitter
Stephen King refuses to refer to Twitter as X. Elon Musk attempted to make an anti-trans joke -- accusing King of "deadnaming" the platform.
Musk — instead of addressing the allegation that his company is taking money from known terrorist organizations — took the opportunity to mock deadnaming, in which someone uses a former name of a transgender person without their consent. The right-wing Libs of TikTok account chimed in, asking facetiously, “Is Stephen King transphobic?” Musk has previously ridiculed people who indicate their preferred pronouns and said that X/Twitter has deemed “cis” and “cisgender” to be anti-heterosexual “slurs.” King was referring to the Times’ Feb. 14 story about a report from the Tech Transparency Project that found X was “potentially violating U.S. sanctions” by accepting payments “from accounts that include Hezbollah leaders, Houthi groups, and state-run media outlets in Iran and Russia” for the X Premium service, which gives subscribers verified check-mark status.
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