--- title: "AOC Says Her Twitter Account Broke After She Made Fun of Elon Musk" description: "Another day, another Elon Musk feud on Twitter — except now, he's the owner of the social network, and he's beefing with AOC." date: "2022-11-03" modified: "2022-11-03" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/aoc-elon-musk-twitter-account" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "alexandria ocasio-cortez" - "elon musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # AOC Says Her Twitter Account Broke After She Made Fun of Elon Musk ![Another day, another Elon Musk feud on Twitter — except now, he's the owner of the social network, and he's beefing with AOC.]() *\Image: Drew Angerer/Getty Images\* ## Latest Feud Another day, another Elon Musk feud on Twitter — except now, he's the owner of the social network, and he's beefing with a sitting member of Congress. The whole thing started innocently enough earlier this week, when firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY, and better known by her initials, "AOC") subtweeted the website's new owner. "Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that 'free speech' is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," the New York Democratic Socialist [tweeted in a post that](), upon Futurism's perusal, appeared to load only half the time. ![]() ## Sweat Equity Not one to be shown up, Musk later [posted a screenshot]() of an AOC-branded sweatshirt from the congressperson's website, with its $58 price tag circled and an emoji belying the billionaire's alleged affront at the price. In response, [Ocasio-Cortez said]() she was proud her sweatshirts were made by union labor, and that [the proceeds from their sales]() were going to fund educational support for needy kids. She [later dug in further](), noting that her account was "conveniently" not working and joking that Musk couldn't buy his way "out of insecurity." https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1588174959817658368 ## Bricked To be clear, any suggestion that Musk personally had anything to do with any Twitter glitches on AOC's part would seem ludicrously petty. But then again, this is a guy who [once hired a private detective]() to investigate a random critic. Occam's razor, though, suggests that it was probably AOC's mega-viral tweet that broke the site's notoriously dodgy infrastructure. Of course, that's not a ringing endorsement of the site that Musk just acquired for the colossal sum of $44 billion. **More on Twitter:** [*Twitter Working on Plan to Charge Users to Watch Videos*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()