Comment by mordae
6 days ago
There never was any demand for free speech from him. He just wanted to advance his fascist agenda and used whatever means he had at his disposal.
6 days ago
There never was any demand for free speech from him. He just wanted to advance his fascist agenda and used whatever means he had at his disposal.
While you’re correct as to his intentions, it’s still important to point out his hypocrisy as he called himself “a free speech absolutist,” and claimed to want Twitter to be part of that vision. He explicitly called left wing and right wing views as things he wants.
Yes, we know it was all lies but not putting out the evidence allows people like Musk and his acolytes to make it the new truth without a fight.
We really are living in a world where we were always at war with Eurasia. Musk shouted loudly to his followers his views on free speech and why he wanted to buy Twitter. And now, it’s like it never happened. This isn’t like a bias news outlet leaving out certain facts, this is Musk himself saying these things and people going along with it.
It’s bonkers to me.
Remember how he tried to get out of the twitter deal by claining there were too many bots?
How is the bot situation on twitter now?
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I'm not sure you understand free speech. Free speech means he can make public threats to people without repercussions, doxx people when he feels like it, lie, and spread misinformation for personal gain. It means unbanning rule breakers, doxxers and harassers, as long as they're right-wing. Free speech does not extend to anyone who he personally disagrees with or dislikes, who will instead be banned from the platform.
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It's pretty crazy. If you say something that offends him (like perhaps the financial abandonment of his kids) then you're banned.
Free speech eh.
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On the assumption you are acting in good faith, that is a very poor analogy.
I think a more apt one would be: Imagine asking for a shit-free meal, and you're served a meal with just a little bit of shit in it.
Except the meal is mostly shit. There's no free speech anywhere on Twitter. It's not even free-as-in-beer speech because you need a paid account for anyone to really see your tweets.
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> Musk is dramatically more pro-speech than any other social media platform owner
X is blocking private messages on the basis of their content. Every competitor with E2E as even an option clears this bar handily.
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Musk is a self-professed "free speech absolutist".
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600?lang=en-GB...
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