Businessman Elon Musk, who bought the microblogging service Twitter, claims to have donated $100 million to help Ukraine, in response to writer Stephen King’s proposal to “transfer” the blue checkmark of verification of his account at Sergei Prytula’s charitable foundation.
King wrote on his Twitter account that Elon Musk “should donate” the tick to charity, and recommended “Sergey Prytula’s life-saving foundation in Ukraine” as the recipient. “It’s only $8, but maybe Elon Musk can add a little more,” the writer summed up.
Millierder responded by saying he had donated $100 million to help Ukraine and inquired about King’s own contribution to that cause. “How much did you give? ” – He asked. Musk attached to his post a tweet from Ukrainian Minister of Digital Information Mikhail Fedorov, who in late October 2022 thanked the businessman for providing the Starlink satellite internet system.
Shortly after the start of the Russian military operation, SpaceX, led by Musk, at the request of Fedorov, provided Ukraine with about 24,000 terminals for connecting to the Internet via satellite. In October 2022, the billionaire told the Pentagon that he would not be able to help Kiev in this way “for an infinite period of time”, but a few days later he promised to continue providing such assistance. even with “a loss of money”.
As of April 20, Twitter account verification checkboxes are only available with a paid subscription to Twitter Blue, which costs $8 per month. On April 21, Musk revealed that he was paying for the service himself for some famous users, including Stephen King, because they refused to subscribe.
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022 and removed many moderation measures from the social network, “promoting freedom of expression”. It also restored the previously blocked accounts of some users, including former US President Donald Trump.
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