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Eliza Bleu’s Own Friends Aren’t Buying Her Trafficking Story<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/YouTube/Twitter</p> <p>With striking lilac hair and a pugnacious attitude, the anti-sex trafficking activist known as Eliza Bleu has broken into some of the top tiers of right-wing media in just a few years, growing her audience through interviews with popular figures like Ben Shapiro, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/youtube-star-tim-pools-news-site-collapses-amid-allegations-he-took-a-cat-hostage">Tim Pool</a>, and Dr. Drew Pinsky.</p> <p>But in late 2022, Bleu found an even more powerful ally: new Twitter owner <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-says-he-will-step-down-as-twitter-ceo-but-comes-with-big-caveat">Elon Musk</a>.</p> <p>Bleu, who <a href="https://eliza.locals.com/?showPosts=1">refers</a> to herself as “a survivor of human trafficking,” has lent the billionaire an unusual form of credibility by insisting that pre-Musk Twitter was overrun with child pornography. Only Musk, Bleu <a href="https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1599129604199178241?s=20&t=t11N8JEOKk7IOJO_w4ZYOw">says</a>, has been willing to stamp out the abusive material on Twitter “at scale.” In another tweet, she declared, “The war against Elon Musk is actually a war over your mind.” Musk responded with a bullseye emoji.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/eliza-bleus-own-friends-arent-buying-her-trafficking-story?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/YouTube/Twitter

With striking lilac hair and a pugnacious attitude, the anti-sex trafficking activist known as Eliza Bleu has broken into some of the top tiers of right-wing media in just a few years, growing her audience through interviews with popular figures like Ben Shapiro, Tim Pool, and Dr. Drew Pinsky.

But in late 2022, Bleu found an even more powerful ally: new Twitter owner Elon Musk.

Bleu, who refers to herself as “a survivor of human trafficking,” has lent the billionaire an unusual form of credibility by insisting that pre-Musk Twitter was overrun with child pornography. Only Musk, Bleu says, has been willing to stamp out the abusive material on Twitter “at scale.” In another tweet, she declared, “The war against Elon Musk is actually a war over your mind.” Musk responded with a bullseye emoji.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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