A misinformation expert encouraged picket lines at Tesla sites to protest DOGE cuts. Then came the online threats
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X users have amplified criticism of Joan Donovan and others for encouraging or taking part in nonviolent protests at Tesla facilities to denounce Musk’s controversial Department of Government Efficiency downsizing, claiming they are inciting criminals.
Sociologist Joan Donovan rarely looks at social media posts about herself on X anymore. She already knows what’s being said. “Joan Donovan is reportedly the lead agitator and organizer behind nationwide Tesla terrorism,” reads a post from Sunday afternoon. “Why hasn’t she been arrested?” Shortly after midnight Tuesday, Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk – who’s recently become the Trump administration’s slasher-in-chief of the federal workforce – reposted that message with a raised-eyebrow emoji. “I’d be an idiot,” Donovan said, “if I didn’t worry.” Since Musk’s repost, more X users have amplified criticism of Donovan and others for encouraging or taking part in nonviolent protests at Tesla facilities to denounce Musk’s controversial Department of Government Efficiency downsizing of the federal government, claiming they are inciting criminals. “The FBI needs to confiscate all their documents, phones, and computers immediately,” reads a post that tagged that bureau and the Department of Homeland Security. Another says Donovan – an academic who specializes in online misinformation – was “organizing and inciting violence against Tesla and Elon Musk.”
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