Musk Deletes SpaceX & Tesla Facebook Pages After Twitter Challenge
Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla, which had millions of followers, are no longer accessible.
Verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc disappeared on Friday, minutes after the Silicon Valley billionaire promised on Twitter to take down the pages when challenged by users.
"Delete SpaceX page on Facebook if you're the man?" a user tweeted to Tesla Chief Executive Musk. His response: "I didn't realise there was one. Will do."
Facebook pages of SpaceX and Tesla, which had millions of followers, are no longer accessible.
Musk had begun the exchange by responding to a tweet from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton on the #deletefacebook tag.
"What's Facebook?" Musk tweeted sarcastically to a tweet from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton urging his followers to delete Facebook by tweeting: "It is time."
Many users also urged the billionaire to delete the profiles of his companies on Facebook's photo-sharing app Instagram.
"Instagram's probably okay... so long as it stays fairly independent," Musk responded.
Musk has had run-ins with Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg in the past.
Last year, a war of words broke out between Musk and Zuckerberg over whether robots will become smart enough to kill their human creators.
When Zuckerberg was asked about Musk's views on the dangers of robots, he chided "naysayers" whose "doomsday scenarios" were "irresponsible."
In response, Musk tweeted: "His understanding of the subject is limited."
After taking down SpaceX, Tesla and his own official pages from Facebook, the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has justified his actions on Saturday night, saying it’s “not a political statement”.
(With input from wires)
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