Tesla (TSLA) has fired a manager who objected to a social media post by CEO Elon Musk, The New York Times’ Jack Ewing, Ryan Mac, and Kate

Disinformation researcher Joan Donovan was inspired by the story of a grassroots protest at a Tesla charging station in Waterville, Maine.

As part of an effort organizers dubbed #TeslaTakeover, clutches of protesters across the country gathered outside the company's showrooms, having largely planned when to meet and where on the social media platform Bluesky, an upstart competitor to Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter.