Comment by wredue
1 year ago
You get sent to X jail for criticism of Musk on X. It happens on X itself.
In general, I agree with pulling out of a country that doesn’t exercise freedom of speech (as in criticism, not threats). But the hypocrisy is somewhat funny.
There’s probably better (for society) ways such as providing higher anonymity for criticism (not threats). But that seems like a nightmare overall.
I am power user with a large following on X and I have never once had any trouble, despite numerous times criticizing Musk.
Imagine a Chinese dissident brags about how they haven't been thrown into jail for criticizing the President... yet.
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Personally, I agree with you.
But there’s also a possibility that users are getting banned for other activity/content, not the public criticism. Perhaps that what the parent could be highlighting by weighing in with an anecdata.
Similarly, something recently happened with Richard Dawkins on FB, IIRC. His account was banned following unusual activity, but Dawkins publicly announced that he was banned for his stupid (and factually wrong) ideas about the sex/gender of one of the female Olympic boxers. It turns out his account was either directly phished or the account of a moderator was phished and his FB Page (not his account) was banned (pending account recovery and cleanup).
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And what are some of those users? I am willing to bet every single one of those got banned for something else.
I regularly see criticism of elon by large accounts, >millions in followers.
For now there's important differences between "X jail" (ban/shadowban) and "actual jail", for example expensive phone calls and not being able to visit Canada.