Elon Musk taunted incendiary influencer and alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate Saturday — after the billionaire Tesla founder praised Greta Thunberg.
“Sometimes it’s just better to make pizza at home,” the Twitter boss tweeted on New Year’s Eve.
The dig referenced the theory that Tate, 36, was discovered hiding out in Romania after he posted a video holding a pizza box from Jerry’s Pizza, a chain popular in the country.
Tate had attempted to use the box as a prop to clap back at the 19-year-old eco-warrior, whom he had engaged in a viral Twitter spat with just one day earlier.
The self-proclaimed misogynist told an off-screen person in the clip to make sure they didn’t recycle the boxes as he told Thunberg she was a “slave of the matrix.”
Tate was arrested Thursday shortly after the video was posted on kidnapping and rape charges. He and his brother had allegedly formed an organized crime group and “sexually exploited” women and forced them to make pornographic films.
Musk joined in on the jokes following Tate’s arrest. @elonmusk twitter
Musk’s New Year’s Eve tweet was the third dunk on Tate since his foreign arrest.
On Friday, Musk, 51, tweeted that Thunberg was “cool” for taking on the internet provocateur.
“The sheer amount of brand awareness achieved by Greta within a few years is astounding. I think she’s cool tbh,” Musk said of the Swedish activist in response to a post by satirical site Babylon Bee’s Thunberg-themed thermostat, which “scowls at you when you turn the heat up.”
Musk is the founder of Tesla, an electric carmaker.
Andrew Tate, 36, who was born in the US and has British citizenship, had been under investigation by authorities since April. APElon Musk tweeted about Andrew Tate’s arrest for sex trafficking Saturday.Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
Musk also tweeted an image from “The Matrix” movie referencing Tate’s doomed video: “What if I told you the only way to escape the Matrix is to unlearn everything that you have been taught and rebuild your entire belief system based on critical thought & analysis.”
Musk shot down rumors that he and Tate were friends Friday, claiming that the two have never met.
Musk also said he had never been to a Halloween party in Romania.
Andrew Tate was detained by Romanian authorities on Thursday.
As news of controversial media personality Andrew Tate’s arrest and Twitter spat with Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg made headlines, internet users were quick to point out that it was ultimately GRETA that brought the far-right celebrity to the Romanian authorities’ radar.
GRETA, which stands for the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, is a European body that monitors the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the Parties.
This 15-member body is currently in the spotlight for Andrew Tate’s detention, after a year old press release by the group has gone viral. Civil rights attorney and Twitter user Alejandra Caraballo posted a tweet of a screenshot of the Council of Europe website. The screenshot referred to a press release dated June 3, 2021 in which GRETA (the council, not the activist) urged Romania to ensure that human trafficking offences lead to effective sanctions.
You can’t make this up. Romanian authorities were urged last year to effectively prosecute human traffickers by GRETA, the Group of Experts Against Trafficking Human Beings. pic.twitter.com/rPsX2PD244
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 29, 2022
Now, a year and half later, Romanian authorities are in the limelight for detaining four people on suspicion of human trafficking, one of which was Andrew Tate.
The irony of an organization named GRETA bringing down Andrew Tate was not lost on netizens, who responded to Caraballo’s tweet with memes and laughter. As Twitter user viralsmile remarked, “The writers really did a great job with this 2022 finale”.
The writers really did a great job with this 2022 finale
— Law (@viralsmile) December 29, 2022
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A UN panel announced Monday that it cannot rule on a complaint by Greta Thunberg and other youth climate activists stating that inaction on climate change violates children’s rights, the UN Human Rights Office said in a press release.
Why it matters: The complaint is part of a trend of legal suits invoking climate inaction as a human rights issue.
The UN Child Rights Committee did rule that countries bear responsibility for the impact of climate change, even to petitioners beyond their borders.
However, the panel said it couldn’t rule in the case because the petitions should have been taken first to national courts.
Details: The complaint, filed in 2019 with the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, says that five countries — France, Turkey, Brazil, Germany and Argentina — had failed to curb carbon emissions despite known risks.
The petitioners, 16 youth climate activists hailing from 12 countries, argued that the named countries “failed to take necessary preventive measures to protect and [fulfill] children’s rights to life, health, and culture,” according to the UN press release.
What they’re saying: “Emitting States are responsible for the negative impact of the emissions originating in their territory on the rights of children — even those children who may be located abroad. The collective nature of the causes of climate change must not absolve a State from its individual responsibility,” said UN Child Rights Committee member Ann Skelton.
“When the climate disasters are even more severe than they are now, the Committee will severely regret not doing the right thing when they had the chance,” American petitioner Alexandria Villasenor said in a statement Monday.
“The Committee acknowledged that states are legally obligated to act, that our clients’ lives are at risk, and that time is running out. But they still closed the UN’s doors. So be it. The legal battle for the climate now returns to national courts,” said Scott Gilmore, the lead attorney for the petitioners.
Go deeper: In 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court set a precedent by ordering the country to drastically cut emissions.
Popular pizza chain takes aim at eco-warrior Greta Thunberg after the teenager slammed Jacinda Ardern for ‘not doing anything’ about global warming
New Zealand company Hell Pizza told eco-warrior Greta Thunberg to ‘go to hell’
The company placed billboards in Thunberg’s hometown of Stockholm, Sweden
Created to show company’s offer of 100 per cent carbon neutral pizza deliveries
They wanted to prove companies were taking the crisis seriously in New Zealand
By Manoli Luxford For Daily Mail Australia
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A popular pizza chain has taken aim at eco-warrior Greta Thunberg after the teenager slammed Jacinda Ardern for ‘not doing anything’ about global warming.
New Zealand company Hell Pizza placed posters in Thunberg’s hometown of Stockholm in Sweden, that read: ‘Greta can go to Hell’.
However, the company’s cheeky message was created as an invitation, rather than an insult.
Hell Pizza wanted to display its commitment to 100 per cent carbon neutral pizza deliveries in New Zealand.
New Zealand company Hell Pizza revealed on Tuesday that they had placed advertisements in Thunberg’s hometown of Stockholm in Sweden, inviting her to ‘Go to Hell’
‘We agree that there’s been a lot of blah, blah, blah lately about tackling global warming,’ Hell Pizza wrote.
‘That’s why the team at Hell Pizza here in New Zealand have been putting more effort into taking action, rather than adding to the global inferno of empty promises.’
The company added: ‘While we’re not suggesting we’re climate leaders, we hope that this may encourage other businesses to begin their sustainable journey right now, not in the year 20 whatever.’
This comes after Greta Thunberg criticised New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last month for her lacklustre performance in managing climate change
In a letter to the vocal environmentalist, the New Zealand pizza company wanted to prove that companies in the country were tackling the climate crisis.
‘So if you’re ever down here in the underbelly of the world and partial to a delicious slice of pizza (we highly recommend our Vegan Mischief ), then we hope you’ll be happy knowing you can go to Hell,’ they concluded.
Hell Pizza chief executive Ben Cumming, said in a statement to the NZ Herald: ‘Looking to the future, we want our 75 stores to be even more clean and green. This includes a national electric fleet of delivery vehicles, renewable energy within stores, and sourcing more than 95 per cent of food and materials within Aotearoa.’
Hell Pizza offers 100% carbon neutral deliveries by offsetting over 1 million deliveries every year through ‘carbon credits used for the regeneration and conservation of native forests’.
‘We hope our story might inspire other businesses to think about their impact on the planet, and we’d love to show Greta what Kiwi businesses are already doing to make the world a better place.’
This comes after Greta Thunberg criticised New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last month for her lacklustre performance in managing climate change and claimed no leaders had done anything captivating to combat the crisis.
Thunberg told The Guardian in an interview: ‘It’s funny that people believe Jacinda Ardern and people like that are climate leaders. That just tells you how little people know about the climate crisis.’
In a letter to the vocal environmentalist, the New Zealand pizza company wanted to prove that companies in the country were tackling the climate crisis.
Hell Pizza ceo Ben Cumming said there are plans to introduce electric vehicles for deliveries soon and hopes the company’s story inspires other businesses to act on the climate crisis
New Delhi — Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said Thursday that “hate” and “threats” wouldn’t stop her speaking out in support of thousands of Indian farmers locked in a standoff with their government. Thunberg fired back online as police in India launched an investigation mentioning her tweets, which have drawn a vitriolic reaction online.
“I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest,” the young Swedish campaigner wrote on Twitter.
I still #StandWithFarmers and support their peaceful protest. No amount of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 4, 2021
Indian police have begun the process of investigating what the government labels “propaganda” by “vested interest groups” trying to “mobilize international support against India.”
The investigation may encompass a number of social media posts, including some shared by Thunberg, in support of the farmers’ months-long protest.
The Delhi police cited her tweets in a First Information Report (FIR), the first step in the investigatory process under Indian law, which alleges a “criminal conspiracy” and an attempt to “promote enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language… and acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony,” according to Indian news outlet NDTV.
Earlier on Thursday, Thunberg shared a “toolkit” in a Twitter post that advises people on how to show support for the protesters.
Delhi police said Thursday that their investigation into an “overseas conspiracy” was not against Thunberg, but the “toolkit” she tweeted out, which they say originated with a Sikh separatist group.
Thunberg first voiced solidarity with the farmers after popstar Rihanna drew global attention to their protest against three controversial new farm laws. The demonstrations have simmered since November, with occasional violent clashes in Delhi.
Protesting farmers are seen amid tear gas smoke fired by police in an attempt to stop them from marching to the capital during India’s Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, January 26, 2021.
Altaf Qadri/AP
The Indian government took on the celebrities Wednesday after their tweets attracted global attention, dismissing the social media messages as “sensationalist” and “neither accurate nor responsible.”
“The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” India’s external affairs ministry said in a statement.
Several other public figures, including activists, and American politicians, also tweeted in support of the farmers.
“It’s no coincidence that the world’s oldest democracy was attacked not even a month ago, and as we speak, the most populous democracy is under assault. This is related. We ALL should be outraged by India’s internet shutdowns and paramilitary violence against farmer protesters,” wrote U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris.
The unfolding events in India are troubling. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I am closely monitoring the situation. The right to peaceful protest must always be respected. #FarmersProtest
— Rep. Jim Costa (@RepJimCosta) February 2, 2021
“The unfolding events in India are troubling. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I am closely monitoring the situation. The right to peaceful protest must always be respected,” wrote U.S. Representative Jim Costa, a Democrat from California who serves on both the Foreign Affairs and Agriculture Committees.
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in India have been locked in a defiant standoff with the government since late last year over three agriculture reform laws approved in September.
The government insists the reforms will give expanded market access and greater flexibility to farmers. But farmers say the measures will help big business and destroy the livelihoods of small-time farmers. They’re demanding a complete repeal of all three laws.
Eleven rounds of talks between the leaders of the farm protests and Modi’s government have failed to resolve the standoff.
India’s agriculture sector contributes almost 15% to India’s $2.9 trillion economy, and employs nearly half of the country’s 1.3 billion people.
The Indian government on Wednesday reiterated its justification for the reforms and claimed it was only a “very small section of farmers in parts of India” who “have some reservations about these reforms.”
The government insisted the laws were approved after a “full debate and discussion” in parliament.
Standoff around the capital
Indian police have stepped up their efforts to prevent the protesting farmers from entering the capital again, ahead of a call for a second nationwide shutdown this weekend in support of the protest.
The farmers have threatened to block roads across the country on Saturday in protest against what they call harassment by government authorities, including the severing of water, power and internet services to the protest camps.
Security officers, in the foreground, push back people shouting slogans during a demonstration held in support to farmers who have been on a months-long protest, in New Delhi, India, February 3, 2021.
Manish Swarup/AP
Internet services were shut down earlier this week at three key highway entry points into Delhi where the farmers have been camped out for more than two months.
Several Indian news outlets reported that the police had put up iron spikes, barbed wire and concrete walls at various entry points to the capital.
Human Rights Watch has called on the Indian government to drop legal cases against eight journalists who were arrested after their reporting on the January 26 protests and clashes.
Security personnel stand guard at an entry point into New Delhi, ahead of a march in support of farmers protesting against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi, February 3, 2021.
MONEY SHARMA/AFP/Getty
“The Indian authorities’ response to protests has focused on discrediting peaceful protesters, harassing critics of the government, and prosecuting those reporting on the events,” said HRW South Asia director Meenakshi Ganguly.
Warning to Twitter
The Indian government warned Twitter on Wednesday that it could take some unspecified action against the social media platform for its move to “unilaterally” un-block more than 250 accounts that it suspended on Monday, at the government’s request, over the use of a controversial hashtag related to the farmer protests.
The government had labelled the tweets using the hashtag, which accuses officials of planning a “genocide” of farmers, part of a, “motivated campaign to abuse, inflame and create tension in society on unsubstantiated grounds.”
“Incitement to genocide is not freedom of speech; It is a threat to law and order,” the government has insisted in its warnings to the social media company to comply.
