Jason Stanley left Twitter immediately after Elon Musk purchased the platform.
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Robinson's PodcastSep 23, 2026
The extraction faithfully reflects the post, which says Stanley left the instant Musk bought Twitter. A Tech Xplore/AFP report from Oct 28, 2022, the day after the deal closed on Oct 27, quotes Stanley saying 'For the moment I am staying on Twitter,' which contradicts an immediate departure.
What was said
… I have a number of things I want to ask about that you just mentioned, but first, you used to be super prominent on social media, especially, uh, what was once called Twitter. Did you leave because of the bots, or why was it that you you left some time ago? I left the instant Musk bought Twitter, so, and I wrote about it in Project Syndicate, and I said, Musk is going to use Twitter to remove its democratic potential and destroy it as a source of information. So I think, you know, not to toot my own horn, but I think I was like, I immediately wrote that piece that this was going to be the destruction of a democratic platform. …
Robinson's Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. A report published Oct 28, 2022, the day after the Oct 27 deal closed, quotes Jason Stanley saying 'For the moment I am staying on Twitter' and that he would be more careful about posting under Musk.[2]
Supports. Stanley wrote a Project Syndicate column criticizing Musk's Twitter takeover, showing he was publicly critical of the purchase soon after it.[3][4]
Context. Musk closed the Twitter acquisition on Oct 27, 2022, which sets the timeline against which 'immediately' is judged.[1][5]
Context. No source states when Stanley actually left Twitter, so the eventual departure date is not established by these sources.[2]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 not rated
- 1How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's misinformation safeguardspolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2All eyes on Twitter as Musk era opens - Tech Xploretechxplore.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Jason Stanley - Project Syndicateproject-syndicate.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Elon Musk and his not-so-hidden agenda - The Japan Timesjapantimes.co.jp · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5History of Twitter - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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