Court documents show Joe Rogan wanted Elon Musk to ‘liberate Twitter from the censorship happy mob’

Last week, a large trove of Elon Musk’s text messages was made via court documents filed in an ongoing legal dispute between the Tesla…

By: Karim Zidan | 8 months ago
Court documents show Joe Rogan wanted Elon Musk to ‘liberate Twitter from the censorship happy mob’
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Last week, a large trove of Elon Musk’s text messages was made via court documents filed in an ongoing legal dispute between the Tesla CEO and Twitter.

The giant cache of communications included exchanges with politicians, celebrities and media personalities, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, as well as podcaster and UFC commentator Joe Rogan.

According to the court documents, Rogan—an outspoken critic of Twitter’s policies—was very supportive of Musk’s bid to purchase Twitter.

“Are you going to liberate Twitter from the censorship happy mob?” Rogan texted at the start of the exchange. Musk then told the podcaster that he planned to provide advice to Twitter, “which they may or may not choose to follow.”

“I REALLY hope you get Twitter,” Rogan replied. “If you do, we should throw a hell of a party.”

Rogan and Musk’s public history dates back to September 2018, when the billionaire entrepreneur appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. The appearance set of a firestorm of controversy after Musk smoked weed with the comedian on the show. Shareholders and board members were outraged while the Tesla’s stock price plummeted. Even NASA decided to investigate Musk’s SpaceX company.

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Karim Zidan
Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.

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