Why Elon Musk Trolls Meta as it Crashes?

Image Credit: Tin AI Mar 06, 2024 By: Bhumi Shrivastava

Elon Musk's Take

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Animated Image

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Musk Tweeted

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Reason for Trolling

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Meta's Response

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Extent of Outage

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Services Affected

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