On Tuesday, Musk tweeted a response to a Breitbart article arguing that Gates’ foundation donated “hundreds of millions of dollars” to many groups behind a campaign pressing advertisers to boycott Twitter if Musk takes over.
The article states the Gates Foundation gave to 11 of the 26 signatories of an open letter pushing the boycott, spreading the cash through the New Venture Fund and the Tides Foundation, which have been characterized as “dark money” groups.
It comes after an escalating feud between Musk and Gates, who recently denounced the Tesla CEO’s goal to purchase Twitter for $44 billion.
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Musk has blamed Gates for taking a large position betting against Tesla stock and chided the Microsoft creator’s zaftig figure by comparing him to an emoji of a pregnant man.
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Gates announced last month that while Musk has a good record as a businessman, he could make misinformation on Twitter worse if he finishes his takeover as intended.
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“He actually could make it worse,” Gates announced. “That’s not his track record. His track record with Tesla and SpaceX is pretty mind-blowing at putting together a great team of engineers and taking people who work in those fields less boldly and really showing them up. I kind of doubt that’ll happen this time but we should have an open mind and never underestimate Elon.”
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Yet Gates did question Musk’s plans with the app.
The South African-born billionaire has announced his purchase of Twitter is motivated primarily by a desire to restore the app as a place for the free exchange of ideas and has repeatedly announced he wants to move away from “censorship” and err on the side of free speech.
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Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, has denounced Twitter’s moderation policies.
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“You know, what’s his goal?” Gates questioned. “When he talks about openness, how does he feel about something such as ‘vaccines kill people’ or that ‘Bill Gates is tracking people.’ Is that one of the things he feels should be spread? So it’s not totally clear what he is going to do.”
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“Are his goals for what it ends up being, does it match this idea of less extreme falsehoods spreading so quickly, weird conspiracy theories, does he share that goal or not?” Gates pondered.
Gates said that he has not taken Musk’s recent tweets about him personally.
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Musk dissed Gates’ gut on Twitter, posting a picture of the Microsoft mogul alongside Apple’s controversial pregnant man emoji “in case you need to kill a boner.”
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